garsa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly of Celtic origin, from Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā, akin to Welsh crychydd and Breton kerc'heiz, and ultimately onomatopoeic in nature. Compare Aragonese garza, Occitan agaça, gacha, Italian gazza, and French agace. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡar.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡaɾ.sa] === Noun === garsa f (plural garses) magpie ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “garsa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “garsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “garsa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “garsa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.