English
Etymology
Compound of jack + daw . The first element, also present in Low German (North Saxon) Jöker ( “ jackdaw ” ) , may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak , or to the name Jack . The second element means “jackdaw” in itself, from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old English dāwe , from Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰēk- ( “ a daw, starling, thrush, similar birds ” ) . Cognate with Old Prussian doacke ( “ starling ” ) , Latin faccilāre ( “ the sound or timbre of the thrush ” ) , and German Dohle ( “ jackdaw ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: jack‧daw
Noun
jackdaw (plural jackdaws )
A European bird of the crow family (Coloeus monedula ), often nesting in church towers and ruins.
Synonyms: daw , western jackdaw , Eurasian jackdaw , European jackdaw
A Daurian jackdaw , a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus ).
Translations
Coloeus monedula
Albanian: galë (sq) f
Bashkir: сәүкә ( səwkə )
Basque: bele txiki
Belarusian: ка́ўка f ( káŭka ) , га́лка f ( hálka )
Breton: kavan-tour
Bulgarian: ча́вка (bg) f ( čávka )
Catalan: gralla (ca) f
Chechen: човка ( čovka )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寒鴉 / 寒鸦 (zh) ( hányā ) , 寒鸦 (zh) ( hányā )
Crimean Tatar: çavke
Czech: kavka (cs) f
Danish: allike (da) c
Dutch: kauw (nl) m
Esperanto: monedo
Estonian: hakk
Faroese: rókur m
Finnish: naakka (fi)
French: choucas (fr) m
Friulian: cornete , çore cenerine
Galician: gralla cereixeira , gralla (gl) f
Georgian: ჭკა ( č̣ḳa )
German: Dohle (de) f
Greek: κάργια (el) ( kárgia ) , καρακάξα (el) f ( karakáxa ) , καλιακούδα (el) f ( kaliakoúda )
Ancient: κολοιός m ( koloiós )
Hebrew: קאק m ( ka'ák )
Hungarian: csóka (hu)
Icelandic: dvergkráka (is) f
Ido: chuvo (io)
Irish: cág m
Old Irish: caóc f
Italian: taccola (it) f
Japanese: ニシコクマルガラス ( nishikokumarugarasu ) , コクマルガラス ( kokumarugarasu )
Korean: 갈까마귀 (ko) ( galkkamagwi )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قەلەڕەشە ( qelerreşe )
Ladin: agacion , cornacia
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Latgalian: čāguons m
Latin: monēdula f , grāculus m
Latvian: kovārnis (lv) m
Lithuanian: kuosa (lt) f
Low German: Dohl f , Krickelkreih f
Luxembourgish: Steekueb m
Macedonian: чавка f ( čavka )
Maltese: ċawla f
Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡥᠠ ( tanggūha )
Manx: caaig doo-chassagh m
Northern Sami: toardnagájon
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kaie (no) m or f
Nynorsk: kaie f
Occitan: gralhon
Persian: زاغچه (fa) ( zāγče )
Polish: kawka (pl) f
Portuguese: gralha de nuca cinzenta
Romanian: stăncuță (ro) f
Romansch: tulaun (curnagl grisch)
Russian: га́лка (ru) f ( gálka )
Sardinian: tàccula , carroga , carroghedda
Scottish Gaelic: cadhag f , cathag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ча̑вка f , чавче f ( diminutive form )
Roman: čȃvka (sh) f , čavče f ( diminutive form )
Slovak: kavka f
Slovene: kavka (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kawka f
Upper Sorbian: kawka f
Spanish: grajilla (es) f
Swedish: kaja (sv) c
Turkish: küçük karga (tr)
Ukrainian: га́лка (uk) f ( hálka )
Welsh: jac-y-do m , jac-do m
West Frisian: ka