gaai

jaybird (Garrulus glandarius), a woodland corvine species

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɣaːi̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: papagoie

In summary

From Old French gai, from Late Latin gaius (“jay”). Further etymology uncertain, though plausibly echoic, and supposedly influenced by the Roman common given name Gaius.

Concepts

jay

popinjay

Eurasian jay

Synonyms

Vlaamse gaai

meerkol

jee

Translations

Eichelhäher

geai

gaio

ghiandaia

gaig

alakarga

κίσσα

arrendajo

geai des chênes

Häher

sójka

gaius

gralha

urraca

gag