papegoja

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Old French papegai, from Spanish papagayo, likely from Arabic ببغاء. Compare Danish papegøje, German Papagei, English popinjay.

Noun

papegoja c

1. a parrot (bird from the order Psittaciformes)

   Synonym: (colloquial) goja

Declension

Declension of papegoja
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	papegoja	papegojan	papegojor	papegojorna
Genitive	papegojas	papegojans	papegojors	papegojornas

Further reading

• papegoja in Svensk ordbok.
• papegoja in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
• papegoja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)