papegai
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Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun[edit]
papegai oblique singular, m (oblique plural papegais, nominative singular papegais, nominative plural papegai)
Descendants[edit]
- → Czech: papoušek (details unknown)
- → Middle Dutch: papegay
- → Middle English: popinjay
- English: popinjay
- → Finnish: papukaija
- → Middle High German: papegei
- → Middle Low German: papegoie
- → Portuguese: papagaio
- → Northern Kurdish: papaxan
References[edit]
- papejei on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub