papağan

See also: papagan

Turkish
papağan

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان‎, from Arabic بَبَغَاء‎ (babaḡāʔ), of imitative origin.

Compare with English popinjay (archaic), Spanish papagayo, Italian pappagallo, Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), etc. from the same Arabic root.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʰɑ̽.pɑ̽.ˈɑ̽n]
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ğan

Noun

papağan (definite accusative papağanı, plural papağanlar)

  1. parrot

Declension

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