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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Likely borrowed from Dutch papegaai. Attested since 1589.
The sense of a unit of length originates from the Soviet animated cartoon "Тридцать восемь попугаев" (1976), where animals measured the length of a boa constrictor by comparing him to a parrot.
Noun
попуга́й • (popugáj) m anim or m inan (genitive попуга́я, nominative plural попуга́и, genitive plural попуга́ев, diminutive попуга́йчик)
- parrot (bird)
- 2014, Гарин-Михайловский Н.Г., Попугай, "Издательство ""Проспект""" →ISBN
Попуга́й был краси́вый, се́рый. Се́рый как се́рый же́мчуг, а грудь бе́лая как бе́лый атлас. Он жил пре́жде далеко́-далеко́ отсю́да, в той стране́, где никогда́ зимы не быва́ет. Он жил там с жено́й, с де́тками в лесу на берегу моря.- Popugáj byl krasívyj, séryj. Séryj kak séryj žémčug, a grudʹ bélaja kak bélyj atlas. On žil préžde dalekó-dalekó otsjúda, v toj strané, gde nikogdá zimy ne byvájet. On žil tam s ženój, s détkami v lesu na beregu morja.
- The parrot was beautiful, grey. He was as grey as grey pearls and his breast was as white as white satin. He used to live far, far away, in a country where there is never any winter. He lived there with his wife and children in a forest at the seashore.
- parrot (person)
- a showy and gaudily dressed person; popinjay
- разоде́т, как попуга́й (derisive) ― razodét, kak popugáj ― garishly dressed
- (inanimate) a jocular unit of length, presumably equal to the length of a parrot
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Etymology 2
Verb
попуга́й • (popugáj)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попуга́ть (popugátʹ)
Yakut
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian попугай (popugaj).
Noun
попугай • (popugay)
- parrot (bird of the order Psittaciformes)
- parrot (one who blindly imitates others' words)
- попугай курдук ― popugay kurduk ― like a parrot