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English
Etymology
From Dutch muntjak, from Sundanese ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ (mencek, “small deer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʌntd͡ʒæk/, /ˈmʌntd͡ʒɑːk/
Noun
muntjac (plural muntjacs)
- Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.
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Translations
deer of the genus Muntiacus
- Acehnese: gluëh
- Amis: mangcel
- Atayal: para
- Bau Bidayuh: jorak
- Burmese: ချေ (my) (hkye)
- Central Melanau: kijeang
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 麇 (kwan4), 麂子 (gei2 zi2)
- Hokkien: 山獐 (soaⁿ-kiuⁿ)
- Mandarin: 麂 (zh) (jǐ), 麂子 (zh) (jǐzi), 麇 (zh) (jūn), 麕 (zh) (jūn), 麂鹿 (jǐlù), 吠鹿 (fèilù), 肋面鹿 (lèimiànlù)
- Czech: muntžak m
- Doteli: रतुवा (ratuwā)
- Dutch: muntjak (nl) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: muntjakki
- French: muntjac (fr) m
- German: Muntjak (de) m
- Hindi: काकड़ (kākaṛ), कांकड़ (kāṅkaṛ)
- Hungarian: muntyákszarvas
- Iban: kijang
- Indonesian: kijang (id)
- Irish: muinseac m
- Javanese: ꦏꦶꦢꦁ (jv) (kidang), ꦩꦸꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀ (muncak)
- Kimaragang: koridai
- Lao: ຟານ (fān)
- Malay: kijang
- Malayalam: കേഴമാൻ (kēḻamāṉ), കുരക്കും മാൻ (kurakkuṁ māṉ)
- Nepali: रतुवा (ratuwā)
- Old Javanese: kidaṅ
- Polish: mundżak (pl) m
- Punjabi: ਕਕੜ (kakaṛ)
- Russian: мунтжа́к m (muntžák)
- Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-comhartaich m
- Sebop: tela'o
- Shan: ၽၢၼ်း (shn) (pháan)
- Swedish: muntjak (sv) c
- Tagal Murut: tuhou, paus
- Telugu: కుక్కగొర్రె (kukkagorre)
- Thai: เก้ง (th) (gêeng)
- Thao: takith
- Vietnamese: mang (vi), hoẵng (vi), kỉ (vi), mển, mễn
- Welsh: carw mwntjac m
- West Coast Bajau: kijang
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