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Where does “sciarra” come from?

sciarra (Italian) comes from Sicilian sciarra, from Arabic شِجَار — scuffle.

sciarra (Italian): fight, brawl

Definitions

  1. fight, brawl

Ancestry of “sciarra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Siciliansciarrafight, brawl; quarrel, row, altercation, tiff,...
2Arabicشِجَارscuffle
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