sciarra

See also: Sciarra

Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian sciarra, from Arabic شِجَار (šijār, “scuffle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: sciàr‧ra

Noun

sciarra f (plural sciarre)

1. (Sicily) fight, brawl

   Synonyms: lite f, rissa f, zuffa f

Anagrams

• rasarci, sacrari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• sciàrria (plural sciarri)
• stràrria (plural strarri) (hypercorrected dialectal variant)

Etymology

From Arabic شِجَار (šijār, “scuffle”). Different from scerra, this latter a variant of sferra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈaʐ.ʐa/, /ʃɪˈa.ɾːa/ (trisyllabic)
• IPA^(key): /ʃaʐ.ʐa/, /ˈʃa.ɾːa/ (faster pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: sciàr‧ra

Noun

sciarra f (plural sciarri)

1. fight, brawl
2. quarrel, row, altercation, tiff, squabble, dispute