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Arzu, specific of Nuoro, area of Talana and Lotzorai (NU), should derive from a nickname originated from having the forefather the pockmarked face and would originate from the Sardinian word arzolu (smallpox), it is also possible a connection with arzu which means splint . additions provided by Giuseppe Concas ARZU: for the meaning and the etymology we have two suggestions: 1 ° - it can derive from arthu: word that we find in the Condaghe of Saint Nicholas of Trullas (* CSNT, XI °, XIII ° sec.), in the arçu variant to chapters 56, 126, 200, 239, 246 and in the arthu variant to chapter 311; referred to a horse: deibili II caballos, I muiu et I arthu (adjective without specification). Is it perhaps a particular horse? The voice gave a hard time to the greatest linguists of the past and contemporary. Among all we mention the hypothesis of Giulio Paulis, who opts for a derivation from the Greek ψαρός = gray; others finally derive it from the Italian arso = reddish. 2 ° - can derive from àrdzu, in Logudorese = stick, branch, stick. But artzu or arzu or ardzu could derive from arzana or artzana (also inhabited center), according to the canon Giovanni Spano, therefore in the meaning of cold, ice. We have no other suggestions for the moment. Currently the surname Arzu is present in 41 Italian Municipalities, of which 13/377 in Sardinia: Taluna 91, Lotzorai 43, Lanusei 38, Bosa 23, etc.
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