παπαγάλος
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Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]παπαγάλος • (papagálos) m (plural παπαγάλοι)
- parrot
- (figuratively) a person who repeats uncritically what has been said by others
Declension
[edit]Declension of παπαγάλος
References
[edit]- “παπαγάλος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998