myna

English

A myna.

Alternative forms

• mino (archaic)
• mynah, mina

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnə/
• Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

myna (plural mynas)

1. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

Derived terms

• apo myna
• Bali myna
• bank myna
• bare-eyed myna
• collared myna
• common hill myna
• common myna
• crested myna
• enggano hill myna
• fiery-browed myna
• finch-billed myna
• golden-crested myna
• golden myna
• great myna
• helmeted myna
• Indian myna
• Javan myna
• jungle myna
• long-crested myna
• long-tailed myna
• nias hill myna
• pale-bellied myna
• pied myna
• southern hill myna
• Sri Lanka hill myna
• Sulawesi myna
• white-necked myna
• white-vented myna
• yellow-faced myna

 

Translations

the Asian members of starling family

• Assamese: শালিকা (xalika), মইনা (moina)
• Bengali: ময়না (bn) (moẏna)
• Bulgarian: ушат скорец m (ušat skorec)
• Burmese: ဆက်ရက် (my) (hcak-rak)
• Catalan: minà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 了哥 (liu^5-1 go¹), 八哥 (baat³ go¹)

  Hakka: 烏鷯／乌鹩 (vû-liau), 白翼仔 (pha̍k-yi̍t-é)

  Hokkien: 鵁鴒／䴔鸰 (zh-min-nan) (ka-lēng), 八哥 (pat-ko)

  Mandarin: 八哥 (zh) (bāgē), 八哥兒／八哥儿 (zh) (bāgēr), 八八兒／八八儿 (zh) (bābār), 寒皋 (zh) (hángāo), 鴝鵒／鸲鹆 (zh) (qúyù), 秦吉了 (zh) (qínjíliǎo)

• Czech: majna f
• Dutch: maina (nl)
• Finnish: kuningaskottarainen (genus Basilornis); harakkakottarainen (genus Streptocitta); maina (fi) (genera Acridotheres, Gracula, Ampeliceps, Mino, Enodes, Leucopsar);
• French: mainate (fr) m
• German: Maina f
• Hebrew: מיינה f (máyna)
• Hindi: मैना (hi) (mainā)
• Hungarian: majna, mejnó
• Indonesian: beo (id), mina (id)
• Irish: míona (ga) m
• Khmer: សារិកាកែវ (km) (saare’kaa kaev)
• Lao: ສາລິກາ (sā li kā)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: മൈന (ml) (maina), മാടത്ത (ml) (māṭatta)
• Manx: truitlag Injinagh f
• Maori: maina
• Marathi: मैना (mainā)
• Odia: ଶାରୀ (or) (śāri)
• Pashto: ښارو (ps) f (ẍâro)
• Portuguese: mainá
• Punjabi: ਮੈਨਾ f (mainā)
• Russian: ма́йна (ru) f (májna)
• Sanskrit: शलाका (sa) f (śalākā), शारिका (sa) f (śārikā), सारिका (sa) f (sārikā), मदन (sa) m (madana)
• Spanish: mainá f
• Tamil: மைனா (ta) (maiṉā)
• Telugu: మైనా (te) (mainā)
• Thai: ขุนทอง (th) (kǔn-tɔɔng), นกขุนทอง (th) (nók kǔn-tɔɔng)
• Urdu: مینا (menā)
• Welsh: maina m
• Zhuang: roeggeuq

Further reading

• myna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sturnidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• MYAN, Many, Myan., many