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sarga

/ˈsaɾɡa/

noun, feminine/ˈsaɾɡa/plural: sargas

twill

Related: sarguero

Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin serica, and thus a doublet of jerga. Cf. also French serge, Old French sarge, Old Occitan sarga.

noun, feminine/ˈsaɾɡa/plural: sargas

any of a number of plants

Probably from a Basque *sarika, itself taken from a Celtic root akin to Latin salix (“willow”), and if so a doublet of sauce.