șopârlă

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See also: soparla and Șopârlă

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Older șopîrlă, influenced by șopîrcăi (to joke, be goofy) and năpârcă (adder), possibly from or cognate to Tosk Albanian shapinj (lizards) (standard Albanian zhapinj), plural of shapi (standard zhapi) as a substratum word. Other less likely theories include a derivation of Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps) or a Latin *sepinula.

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Noun[edit]

șopârlă f (plural șopârle)

  1. lizard

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