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From гри́ва(gríva, “ruff”) + -як(-jak). Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, some related bird names display a blending of гри́ва(gríva) and грив(griv, “gray”).
“гривяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“гривяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грива; гривяк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 281.
