πτηνό
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πτηνός (ptēnós, “flying, winged creature, bird”), from Koine Greek ἵπταμαι (híptamai, “to fly”), a form of πέτομαι (pétomai) from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (“to fly”) from the root *peth₂- (literally “to spread one’s wings”).
Beware Slavic false cognates such as Bulgarian пти́ца (ptíca), Macedonian птица (ptica), Russian пти́ца (ptíca), Serbo-Croatian пти̏ца/ptȉca, Ukrainian пти́ця (ptýcja), all meaning bird from Proto-Slavic *pъtica. True cognates are Old English feþer (English feather), Latin petō, Russian перо́ (peró), Sanskrit पतति (pátati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pataiti), Old Armenian թիռ (tʻiṙ).
Noun
πτηνό • (ptinó) n (plural πτηνά)
Declension
declension of πτηνό
Synonyms
- πουλί n (poulí)
Related terms
- πτηνοτροφείο n (ptinotrofeío, “aviary, poultry farm”)
- πτηνοτρόφος m or f (ptinotrófos, “poultry farmer, aviarist”)
- πτηνοτροφία f (ptinotrofía, “aviculture”)
- πτηνοτροφικός (ptinotrofikós, “avian, poultry”)
- αρπακτικό πτηνό n (arpaktikó ptinó, “bird of prey”)
Further reading
Πτηνά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
