παπαγάλος
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπαπαγάλος • (papagálos) m (plural παπαγάλοι)
- parrot
- (figuratively) a person who repeats uncritically what has been said by others
Declension
editDeclension of παπαγάλος
References
edit- “παπαγάλος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998