гарга

Bulgarian

Гарга

Etymology

Of Turkic origin, ultimately imitative from the call га-га (ga-ga, “kak-kak”). Compare Turkish karga (“crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡarɡɐ]

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Noun

га́рга • (gárga) f

1. jackdaw (birds of genus Coloeus, particularly Coloeus monedula)

   Synonym: ча́вка (čávka)

Declension

Declension of га́рга

	singular	plural
indefinite	га́рга gárga	га́рги gárgi
definite	га́ргата gárgata	га́ргите gárgite
vocative form	га́рго gárgo	га́рги gárgi

Related terms

• га́га (gága, “bird's mouth, beak”) (dialectal)
• га́кам (gákam, “to crow”)
• га́рван (gárvan, “raven”)

References

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