LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

zarda

zarda f (genitive zardae)
Classical[ˈzar.da]Ecclesiastical[ˈd͡zar.da]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinfemininerarespavin
    [equꝰ] qn̄ꝫ nascit̃ cum zardis[the horse] is sometimes born with spavins1300s, Pietro De' Crescenzi, “Dē aegritūdinibus equōrum et cūrā eōrum [On the illnesses of horses, and cure thereof]”, Liber nōnus - Dē omnibus animālibus quae in rūre nūtriuntur [Ninth book - On all the animals which are fed in the farm], in Rūrālium commodōrum librī XII [The 12 books of agricultural advantages] (overall work in Medieval Latin); republished (manuscript), 1471, page 308:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativezardazardae
genitivezardaezardārum
dativezardaezardīs
accusativezardamzardās
ablativezardāzardīs
vocativezardazardae

Origins

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَذ (jaraḏ). Compare Italian giarda.

Quick answers

What does zarda mean in Latin?
zarda, a noun, means “spavin”.
What is the genitive of zarda?
The genitive singular is zardae. zarda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce zarda?
In classical Latin, [ˈzar.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈd͡zar.da].