папагал

Borrowed from Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), of Arabic origin (see Arabic ببغاء (“babḡāʾ”)). Akin to the outdated English popinjay.

• IPA^(key): [pɐpɐˈɡaɫ]
• Rhymes: -aɫ

папага́л • (papagál) m (relational adjective папага́лов, diminutive папага́лче)

1. parrot (tropical bird of family Psittacidae, native to Africa and America)
2. (figurative) copycat

• какаду́ (kakadú, “cockatoo”) (parrot-like bird native to Australia and Austronesia)

• “папагал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “папагал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), of Arabic origin (see Arabic ببغاء (“babḡāʾ”)). Akin to the outdated English popinjay.

• IPA^(key): [papaˈɡaɫ]
• Hyphenation: па‧па‧гал

папага́л • (papagál) m (plural папага́ли, relational adjective папага́лски, diminutive папага́лче)

1. parrot (tropical bird species of order Psittaciformes, native to Africa and America)
2. (figurative) blabber, copycat

• “папагал” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu