myna

English

Alternative forms

• mynah, mina

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnə/
• Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

myna (plural mynas)

A myna.

1. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

Derived terms

• apo myna
• Bali myna
• bank myna
• bare-eyed myna
• collared myna
• common hill myna
• common myna
• crested myna
• enggano hill myna
• fiery-browed myna
• finch-billed myna
• golden-crested myna
• golden myna
• great myna
• helmeted myna
• Indian myna
• jungle myna
• long-crested myna
• long-tailed myna
• nias hill myna
• pale-bellied myna
• pied myna
• southern hill myna
• Sri Lanka hill myna
• Sulawesi myna
• white-necked myna
• white-vented myna
• yellow-faced myna

 

Translations

the Asian members of starling family

• Assamese: শালিকা (xalika), মইনা (moina)
• Bengali: ময়না (môyna)
• Burmese: ဆက်ရက် (my) (hcak-rak)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 了哥 (liu^5-1 go¹), 八哥 (baat³ go¹)

  Hakka: 烏鷯／乌鹩, 乌鹩 (vû-liau), 白翼仔 (pha̍k-yi̍t-é)

  Mandarin: 八哥 (zh) (bāgē), 八哥兒／八哥儿 (zh) (bāgēr), 八哥儿 (zh) (bāgēr), 八八兒／八八儿 (zh), 八八儿 (zh) (bābār), 寒皋 (zh) (hángāo), 鴝鵒／鸲鹆 (zh) (qúyù), 鸲鹆 (zh) (qúyù), 秦吉了 (zh) (qínjíliǎo)

  Min Nan: 鵁鴒／䴔鸰 (zh-min-nan), 䴔鸰 (ka-lēng), 八哥 (pat-ko)

• Czech: majna f
• Finnish: maina (fi)
• French: mainate (fr) m
• German: Maina f
• Hebrew: מיינה f (máyna)
• Hindi: मैना (hi) (mainā), शलाका (hi) f (śalākā), शारिका (hi) f (śārikā), सारिका (hi) f (sārikā), मदन (hi) m (madan)
• Indonesian: beo (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: សារិកាកែវ (km) (saare’kaa kaev)
• Lao: ສາລິກາ (sā li kā)
• Manx: truitlag Injinagh f
• Maori: maina
• Marathi: मैना (mainā)
• Oriya: ଶାରୀ (or) (śārī)
• Pashto: ښارو (ps) f (ẍâro)
• Portuguese: mainá
• Punjabi: ਮੈਨਾ f (mainā)
• Russian: ма́йна (ru) f (májna)
• Sanskrit: शलाका (sa) f (śalākā), शारिका (sa) f (śārikā), सारिका (sa) f (sārikā), मदन (sa) m (madana)
• Spanish: mainá f
• Tamil: மைனா (ta) (maiṉā)
• Telugu: మైనా (te) (mainā)
• Thai: ขุนทอง (th) (kŭn tong), นกขุนทอง (th) (nók kŭn tong)
• Urdu: مینا (menā)

Further reading

• myna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sturnidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• MYAN, Many, Myan., many