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papağan

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. parrot, popinjay, any kind of colorful bird of the order Psittaciformes
  2. (figuratively) parrot, parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

Sinonieme

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Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[pʰɑ̽.pɑ̽.ˈɑ̽n]
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ), a word of imitative origin. Compare English popinjay (archaic), Spanish papagayo, Italian pappagallo, Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), etc. from the same Arabic root.

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