hałka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "halka"

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian галка (halka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /xaɫka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /xaɫka/

Noun

hałka f

1. (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^[1], Krakow, page 55:

     Halka... in Slauonico vocatur monedula

     [Hałka... in Slauonico vocatur monedula]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “hałka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN