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.

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 (liu⁵^-¹ go¹), 八哥 (baat³ go¹)

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

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

Min Nan: 鵁鴒 (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)
Indonesian: beo (id)

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 (maenā)
Russian: ма́йна (ru) f (májna)
Spanish: mainá f
Tamil: மைனா (ta) (maiṉā)
Telugu: మైనా (te) (mainā)
Thai: ขุนทอง (th) (kŭn tong), นกขุนทอง (nók kŭn tong)
Urdu: مینا‎

Further reading

myna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sturnidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

MYAN, Many, Myan., many

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