Etymology
jack + 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 daƿe , and is cognate with Old High German tahe , which through Middle High German tahele became modern German Dohle .
Pronunciation
| | IPA | SAMPA
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| (?)
| /ˈʤækdɑʊ/ | /"dZ{kdAU/
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| GenAm
| /ˈʤækˌdɑ/ | /"dZ{k%dA/
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Noun
jackdaw (plural: jackdaws )
- A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a daw .
Translations
- Albanian: stërqoka
- Basque: bele txiki
- Belarussian: галка (hałka )
- Bosnian: čavka f
- Breton: kavan-tour
- Bulgarian: чавка (čavka)
- Catalan: gralla
- Croatian: čavka
- Czech: kavka
- 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
- Irish: cág
- Italian: taccola
- Ladin: agacion , cornacia
- Latin: monedula f
- Latvian: kovārnis
- Lithuanian: kuosa
- Lower Sorbian: kawka
- Macedonian: чавка (čavka)
- Maltese: ċawla
- Norwegian: kaie
- Occitan: gralhon
- Polish: kawka
- Portuguese: gralha de nuca cinzenta
- Romanian: stăncuţa
- Romansh: tulaun (curnagl grisch)
- Russian: галка (galka)
- Sami: toardnagájon
- Sardinian: tàccula , carroga , carroghedda
- Scottish: cathag
- Serbian: чавка (čavka)
- Slovak: kavka
- Slovenian: kavka f
- Spanish: grajilla
- Swedish: kaja
- Turkish: küçük karga
- Ukrainian: галка (halka)
- Upper Sorbian: kawka
- Welsh: jac-y-do , jac-do
See also
