myna

English

A myna.

Alternative forms

mino (archaic)
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)

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 (bn) (môyôna)
Bulgarian: ушат скорец m (ušat skorec)
Burmese: ဆက်ရက် (my) (hcak-rak)
Catalan: minà (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 了哥 (liu^5-1 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／八哥儿 (zh) (bāgēr), 八八兒／八八儿 (zh) (bābār), 寒皋 (zh) (hángāo), 鴝鵒／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: kuningaskottarainen (genus Basilornis); harakkakottarainen (genus Streptocitta); maina (fi) (genera Acridotheres, Gracula, Ampeliceps, Mino, Enodes, Leucopsar);
French: mainate (fr) m
German: Maina f
Hebrew: מיינה‎ f (máyna)
Hindi: मैना (hi) (mainā)
Hungarian: majna, mejnó
Indonesian: beo (id), mina (id)
Irish: míona (ga) m
Khmer: សារិកាកែវ (km) (saare’kaa kaev)
Lao: ສາລິກາ (sā li kā)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: മൈന (ml) (maina), മാടത്ത (ml) (māṭatta)
Manx: truitlag Injinagh f
Maori: maina
Marathi: मैना (mainā)
Oriya: ଶାରୀ (or) (śari)
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) (kǔn-tɔɔng), นกขุนทอง (th) (nók kǔn-tɔɔng)
Urdu: مینا‎
Welsh: maina m
Zhuang: roeggeuq

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MYAN, Many, Myan., many

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