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Definition for: jackdaw

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English

Etymology

Compound of jack and daw . The former element may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak, or to the name Jack. The latter, daw , means "jackdaw" in itself, from Old English *dāƿe, and is cognate with Old High German tāha , which through Middle High German tāhele became modern German Dohle

Pronunciation

IPA SAMPA
(?) /ˈʤækdɑʊ/ /"dZ{kdAU/
GenAm /ˈʤækˌdɑ/ /"dZ{k%dA/
  • Hyphenation: jack·daw

Noun

jackdaw ( plural: jackdaws)

  1. A European bird of the Crow family ( Corvus monedula ), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a daw.

Translations

  • Albanian: galë f .
  • Basque: bele txiki
  • Belarussian: галка (hałka)
  • Bosnian: čavka f .
  • Breton: kavan-tour
  • Bulgarian: чавка (čavka)
  • Catalan: gralla
  • Croatian: čavka f .
  • Czech: kavka f .
  • Danish: allike
  • Dutch: kauw m .
  • Esperanto: monedo
  • Estonian: hakk
  • Faroese: rókur
  • Finnish: naakka
  • French: choucas m .
  • Frisian: ka
  • Friulian: cornete, çore cenerine
  • Gallegan: gralla cereixeira
  • German: Dohle f .
  • Greek, Ancient: κολοιός (coloeos, m . )
  • Greek, Modern: κάργια (kárya)
  • Hungarian: csóka
  • Icelandic: dvergkráka
  • Ido: chuvo
  • Irish: cág
  • Italian: taccola
  • Korean: 갈가마귀 (galgamagwi)
  • Ladin: agacion, cornacia
  • Latin: monedula f .
  • Latvian: kovārnis
  • Lithuanian: kuosa
  • Lower Sorbian: kawka f .
  • Low Saxon (“Low German”): Dohl f . , Krickelkreih f .
  • Macedonian: чавка (čavka) f .
  • Maltese: ċawla
  • Norwegian: kaie
  • Occitan: gralhon
  • Polish: kawka f .
  • Portuguese: gralha de nuca cinzenta
  • Romanian: cioacă f .
  • Romansh: tulaun (curnagl grisch)
  • Russian: галка (galka) f .
  • Sami: toardnagájon
  • Sardinian: tàccula, carroga, carroghedda
  • Scottish: cathag
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: чавка f .
    Roman: čavka f .
  • Slovak: kavka f .
  • Slovenian: kavka f .
  • Spanish: grajilla
  • Swedish: kaja
  • Turkish: küçük karga
  • Ukrainian: галка (halka) f .
  • Upper Sorbian: kawka f .
  • Welsh: jac-y-do, jac-do

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