Bulgarian edit

 
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Вълнисто папагалче (Melopsittacus undulatus)
 
Червен ара (Ara macao)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), of Arabic origin (see Arabic ببغاء (babḡāʾ)). Akin to the outdated English popinjay.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

папага́л (papagálm (relational adjective папага́лов, diminutive папага́лче)

  1. parrot (tropical bird of family Psittacidae, native to Africa and America)
  2. (figurative) copycat

Declension edit

See also edit

  • какаду́ (kakadú, cockatoo) (parrot-like bird native to Australia and Austronesia)

References edit

  • папагал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • папагал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), of Arabic origin (see Arabic ببغاء (babḡāʾ)). Akin to the outdated English popinjay.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [papaˈɡaɫ]
  • Hyphenation: па‧па‧гал

Noun edit

папага́л (papagálm (plural папага́ли, relational adjective папага́лски, diminutive папага́лче)

  1. parrot (tropical bird species of order Psittaciformes, native to Africa and America)
  2. (figurative) blabber, copycat

Declension edit

References edit

  • папагал” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu