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Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Ruthenian галка (halka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xaɫka/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /xaɫka/
Noun
hałka f
- (attested in Lesser Poland) jackdaw (European bird of the crow family)
- Synonym: kawka
1931 [Second half of the 15th century], Jan Długosz, edited by Marian Friedberg, Klejnoty Długoszowe, Krakow, page 55:Halka... in Slauonico vocatur monedula- [Hałka... in Slauonico vocatur monedula]
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “hałka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN