Papagei

Concepts

parrot

🦜

popinjay

parrots

imitator

macaw

true parrot

parroter

Synonyms

Ara

Besen

🧹

Echo

Epigone

Frau

👩

Milchkaffee

Nachäffer

Nachahmer

Schwätzer

Sittich

Zwergpapagei

Nachbeter

Epigonin

Nachahmerin

Nachäfferin

Papageiin

Nachsprecher

Nachsprecherin

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

bappegai

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

Pa‧pa‧gei

Pronounced as (IPA)

/papaˈɡaɪ̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: papegei

Cognate with Turkish: papağan

In summary

From Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or imitative. The Middle High German variant papegān may have been borrowed directly from Byzantine Greek during the Crusades; compare modern Turkish papağan.