папуга

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • папꙋ́га

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian papūga, Polish papuga.

In Belarusian, displaced by Russian попуга́й (popugáj).

Noun

папу́га (transliteration needed) f anim (related adjective папу́жїй)

  1. parrot

Descendants

  • Ukrainian: папу́га (papúha)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), папуга”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 285

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian папу́га, from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈpuɦɐ]
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Noun

папу́га (papúha) m animal or f animal (genitive папу́ги, nominative plural папу́ги, genitive plural папу́г)

  1. parrot

Declension

References

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