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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pappagallo.
Pronunciation
Noun
papagall m (plural papagaj, definite papagalli)
- parrot
- Synonym: lorzë
- papagall i kuq ― red parrot
- (figurative, derogatory) someone who repeats other people's words without fully understanding them
mësoj si papagall- to learn by heart, without understanding
- (literally, “to learn like a parrot”)
Declension
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “papagáł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 321
Further reading
- “papagall”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- “papagall”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
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Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin. Altered by folk etymology to resemble gall (“cock”).
Noun
papagall m (plural papagalls)
- (Alghero, Tarragona, Valencia) Alternative form of papagai
- (Valencia) chatterbox (chatty person)
- (Valencia) cuckoo wrasse
- (Valencia) garden balsam
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Lombard
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Pronunciation
Noun
papagall m
- parrot
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