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Greek
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡si.xla/
- Hyphenation: τσί‧χλα
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ancient Greek κίχλη (kíkhlē, “thrush”).
Noun
τσίχλα • (tsíchla) f (plural τσίχλες)
- (ornithology) thrush; especially Turdus philomelos: song thrush
- (figuratively) thin, scrawny man
Declension
Synonyms
- (song thrush): κελαηδότσιχλα f (kelaïdótsichla, literally “singing thrush”)
- (song thrush): κοινή τσίχλα f (koiní tsíchla, literally “common thrush”)
- κίχλη f (kíchli)
Coordinate terms
- γαλαζοκότσυφας f (galazokótsyfas, “blue rock thrush”)
- κεδρότσιχλα f (kedrótsichla, “fieldfare”)
- κελαηδότσιχλα f (kelaïdótsichla, “song thrush”)
- κοινή τσίχλα f (koiní tsíchla, “common thrush, song thrush”)
- μαυρόλαιμη τσίχλα f (mavrólaimi tsíchla, “black-throated thrush”)
- πετροκότσυφας m (petrokótsyfas, “common/rufous-tailed rock thrush”)
- πυροκότσυφας m (pyrokótsyfas, “common/rufous-tailed rock thrush”)
- τσαρτσάρα f (tsartsára, “mistle thrush”)
- τσιχλαηδόνι n (tsichlaïdóni, “thrush nightingale”)
- χρυσότσιχλα f (chrysótsichla, “White's thrush”)
See also
- άφθα f (áftha, “thrush - fungal infection”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English chicle.
Noun
τσίχλα • (tsíchla) f (plural τσίχλες)
- chewing gum
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ορνιθολογική, The Hellenic Ornithological Society, 2016 July 3 (last accessed)
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