nightjar

English

Alternative forms

• nightchurr

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Chambers 1908 says it is named from the sound of its cry.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtdʒɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtdʒɑɹ/

Noun

nightjar (plural nightjars)

1. Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.

Translations

nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae

• Apache:

  Western Apache: goodé

• Chechen: буьйсанан мокха хьоза (büüsanan moqa ḥʳoza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜鷹／夜鹰 (zh) (yèyīng), 夜鹰 (zh) (yèyīng)

• Czech: lelek (cs) m
• Dutch: nachtzwaluw (nl) f
• Estonian: öösorr (et)
• Finnish: kehrääjä (fi)
• French: engoulevent (fr) m
• Galician: noiteboa f, noitebra f
• German: Ziegenmelker (de) m, Nachtschwalbe f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κύμινδις m (kúmindis)

• Hausa: yautai m
• Hungarian: lappantyú (hu)
• Irish: tuirne lín m
• Italian: caprimulgo (it) m, succiacapre (it) m
• Luxembourgish: Fléimouk f
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• Malay: burung tukang m
• Maltese: buqrajq m
• Manx: hullad rhennee f
• Navajo: naakʼidoolwoshii
• Norman: huppe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: nattravn m

  Norwegian Nynorsk: natteramn m

• Polish: lelek (pl) m
• Portuguese: noitibó (pt) m, bacurau (pt) m, curiango m
• Russian: козодо́й (ru) m (kozodój)
• Spanish: chotacabras (es) m, guardacaminos m, caprimulgo m
• Swedish: nattskärra (sv) c
• Turkish: çobanaldatan (tr)
• Welsh: gwalch y nos m, nyddwr m, troellwr m