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| Akk. | issûr | a small bird |
| Arabic | sir | to sing |
| Arabic: Mauritanie | ziriquil | Wigeon, 46 |
| Arabic | sárai | Wigeon, 46 |
| Pers. | sirand | seesaw |
| Pers. | sehre et var. | Goldfinch, 415 |
| Hindi: Kashmir | Saira, sehara | Goldfinch, 415 |
| Pers. | sayra | canari, 419 |
| Kurdish | zara | canari, 419 |
| Ossetic | zar | song |
| Pers. | sàru | Hill Mynah, 295b |
| Alb. | zë, plur. zëra | voice, sound |
| Cat. | soroll | indistinct noise |
| Lettish | saruna | conversation |
| Ital. | sermóne | sermon, lecture, language, conversation, dialect |
| Ital. | sermagótto | a silly person |
| Ital.reg. | sermòl | Corn Bunting, 445 |
| Franç. | jeremiade | whining, complaining |
| Franç.: b.Maine | sarabidà | personne tapageuse, FEW 23: 204 |
| Franç.: b.Maine | sèbr | noisy |
| Franç.arg. | zervart | preacher, FEW 23: 142 |
| Anc.Greek | sardánios | ironic, cf. sarkasmósð5.2.3. |
| Breton | sardonen | hornet |
| Cat. | sardane | popular tune |
| Franç.: Sav. | sartalià | rattle (flower of the genus Rhinanthus), tartaretð5.1.10. |
| Ital.reg. | sartella | Garganey, 43 |
| Esp.reg. | sartella | Garganey, 43 |
| Ital.reg. | sartagna | Kestrel, 234 |
| Ital. | sartágine | frying pan |
| Esp. | sartén | id. |
| Esp. | pájaro de la sartén | Serin, 418 (cf. charris, hereunder) |
| Alb. | cërre et var. | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Ital.: Piem. | ceras | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Prov. | cero, seiro | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Sbc. | cira | Song Thrush, 339 |
| Alb. | cerris, thëras | shrill call |
| Alb. | cërr et var. | Wren, 406 |
| Ital.reg. | cerr et var. | Wren, 406 |
| Ital.: Varese | zeriat | Wren, 406 |
| Franç. (dict.) | syriot | Whitethroat, 362 |
| Prov. | serèto | Whitethroat, 362 |
| Prov. | seiro | saw; Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Franç.: Morb. | ciron canerot | Teal, 44 |
| Esp.reg. | cerrín, círrio | Black Swift, 321 |
| Berb. | aserremsan | Song Thrush, 339 |
| Franç. | serrure | lock |
| Ital.: Sic. | serra-chiavi | Great Tit, 390 |
| Franç. | serrayé, serrurier | id. |
| Prov. | sarayé | id. |
| Basque | zerren-txori | id. |
| Esp. | cerrero et var. | id. |
| Esp. | zarra, charra | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Esp. | cerda | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Esp. | cerdo | pig (strident calls) |
| Cat. | xerra, xarraye | Red-legged Partridge, 16; Whitethroat, 362 |
| Cat. | xerret et var. | Wren, 406; Garganey, 43; Serin, 418 |
| Cat. | xerraire | Roller, 264 |
| Ital.: Friuli | zarella | Great Tit, 390 |
| Germ.reg. | zarheher | Jay, 290 |
| Germ.reg. | zarrder | Wren, 406 |
| Germ.reg. | schare, schargaster | Jay, 290 |
| Germ.reg. | zersch, scharrhühnchen | Corn Crake, 146 |
| Germ.reg. | heckenschar, heckenscherche | Wren, 406 |
| Germ.reg. | shärre, scharente | Garganey, 43 |
| Germ.: Aoste | schärre | Garganey, 43 |
| Germ.reg. | scherian | Crane, 133 |
| Germ.reg. | scharp | Corn Crake, 146 |
| Engl. | cheer | a shout of encouragement (no semantic relation to cara "face") |
| Engl.reg. | cherry-bird et var. | Reed Warbler, 374, Starling, 293 |
| Franç.: Gasc. | charri, charrit | Serin, 418; Spotted Crake, 143 |
| Esp. | charris | Serin, 418 |
| Esp. | charreón | Greenfinch, 416 |
| Franç.: Gasc. | cherra | Red-legged Partridge, 16 |
| Gallego | charra | Red-legged Partridge, 16, Grive draine 340 |
| Gael.I.(o.liter.) | sirecht | melody |
| Anc.Greek | sirizo | to play, whistle |
| Anc.Greek | syroperdix | Sand Partridge, 21 |
| Anc.Greek | syrinx | flute |
| Anc.Greek | syristès | prob. the Curlew, 167 |
| Mod.Greek | ortygosyrtis | Corn Crake, 146 |
| Mod.Greek | trygonosyrtis | Grey Heron, 118 |
| Mod.Greek | syrtis | lock |
| Germ.reg. | zirtellen | to cheep (chicks) |
| Sbc. | Sircenjak | Nuthatch, 401 |
| Mod.Greek | tsirovakos | Whitethroat, 362 |
| Ukr. | sirovaten' | Kestrel, 234 |
| Franç.: Rouergue | cirgatèl | Kestrel, 234 |
| Alb. | qirgorinë | Chaffinch, 432 |
| Roman. | zurgâit | bell sound |
| Sbc. | cergulic | Goldfinch, 415 |
| Lettish | zirgis | Bullfinch, 430 |
| Lettish | zirgs | horse (from its neighing) |
| Esp. | sargall, sarillo | sneezing |
| Cat.: Aran | sargalh | (death) rattle |
| Franç.: Aoste | sargailler | se dit du bruit de clés en poche |
| Franç.: Périg. | sarjo | toux, FEW 21: 316 |
| Franç.: Fraize | sarhonè | tousser, FEW 21: 315 |
| Lith. | cirSlys | Chaffinch, 432 |
| Engl. | to chirk | to chirp, cheer |
| Germ.reg. | tschirken | to cheep (chicks) |
| Germ. reg. | zirker | House Sparrow, 410 |
| Bulg. | cirkanje | warble |
| Sbc. | crk | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Czech | cyrk et var. | Song Thrush, 339 |
| Czech | crkal | Corn Bunting, 445 |
| Czech | crkálek | Wren, 406 |
| Czech | cierkot | Corn Bunting, 445 |
| Pol. | cierkac | Magpie, 288 |
| Czech | círka et var. | Garganey, 43 |
| Ukr. | cirka | (Slk. id.) Garganey, 43 |
| Pol. | cyranka et var. | Garganey, 43 |
| Russian | cirok | Garganey, 43; Common Tern, 97 |
| Roman. | circâ | Guineafowl, 6 |
| Russian | oceretanka | Great Reed Warbler, 373, 374 |
| Sbc. | ceretati | to crackle |
| Sbc. | caretanka | Olivaceous Warbler, 381a |
| Ital.: Friuli | ciarandine | Whitethroat, 362 |
| Sbc. | ceranto | Greenfinch, 416 |
| Ital.nord | zerant et var. | Greenfinch, 416 |
| Mod.Greek | atsárantos | Greenfinch, 416 |
| Russian | surank | Greenfinch, 416 |
| Russian | saranca | grasshopper; Grasshopper Warbler, 369 |
| Franç.: Rochem. | Sarountóur | seesaw, FEW 21: 396 |
| Port. | cerezino | Serin, 418 |
| Esp. reg. | serezino | Serin, 418 |
| Prov. | sérazin et var. | Serin, 418 |
| Franç.: Saône | sérâznei | Serin, 418 |
| Franç. | Sarrasins | peuple au parler grasseyant. Ce nom fut donné à |
| ces envahisseurs d'abord par les Provençaux et les Franco-provençaux et ne peut donc venir de l'Arabic Sarqiyín, accusatif plur. de Sarqiy "oriental", les Arabes ne s'étant jamais appelés eux-mêmes "orientaux". Également sans rapport possible avec serere "joindre, combiner" |
| Ital. | saracinése | a kind of lock, canal lock |
| Lettish | zirinS | Common Tern, 97 |
| Basque | zirrin et var. | Black Swift, 321 |
| Basque | zerren-txori | Serin, 418 |
| Franç. | serin et var. | Serin, 418 |
| Gallego | serin et var. | Serin, 418 |
| Port. | serino | Serin, 418 |
| Gallego | serrán | Mistle Thrush, 340 |
| Franç. | séran | peigne à chanvre |
| Esp. | serrano | Garganey, 43 |
| Franç.: Ardon (VS) | sërniou | small goat bell |
| Prov. | sereno | (Piedmont id.) Bee-eater, 265 |
| Cat.: Ross. | sirena de mar | Bee-eater, 265 |
| Arabic: Le Caire | siren | Roller, 263, q.v. |
| Anc.Greek | seirèn | (borrowing) a legendary being with a seductive song |
| Franç.: Périg. | jiriná | to sing (bird, cicada) |
| Franç. | sérénade | rengaine; toute chanson répétée au point de |
| devenir fatigante. La définition "concert donné la nuit" n'est avancée que dans le but de justifier l'étym. < Ital. serenata "ciel serein" qui n'a aucun rapport sémantique avec sérénade, d'origine acoustique. Le French littéraire aubade a été créé par antithèse d'après sérénade compris "du soir" |
| Cat. | sornar | to snore |
| Franç. | sorner | to laugh at |
| Franç. | sourne | Barn Owl, 238 |
| Franç. | sornette | twaddle |
| Ital.: Cal. | surneja | toad |