Feminine

chiripa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) fluke (lucky or improbable occurrence)
  2. (Venezuela, feminine) Blattella germanica (German roach)

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
chi‧ri‧pa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃiˈɾipa/
Etymology

In summary

Uncertain, possibly Persian سراندیب (serendip) or Arabic سَرَانْدِيب (sarāndīb), from Sinhala-dib. Cognate with English serendipity.

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