budgerigar

budgerigar

English

A blue male budgerigar.

Wikispecies

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of Gamilaraay gijirrigaa; change of initial syllable unexplained though possibly from Aboriginal Pidgin English budgeree.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑː/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɐː/

Noun

budgerigar (plural budgerigars)

1. A species of small green parrot, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.

Synonyms

• budgie (diminutive)

Translations

species of parakeet

Arrernte: atetherre Catalan: periquito m Chinese: Mandarin: 虎皮鸚鵡／虎皮鹦鹉 (zh) (hǔpí yīngwǔ) Czech: andulka f Danish: undulat (da) Dutch: grasparkiet (nl) Finnish: undulaatti (fi) French: perruche ondulée (fr) f Gamilaraay: gijirrigaa German: Wellensittich (de) m Hungarian: hullámos papagáj Icelandic: gári m Irish: budragár m Italian: pappagallino m Japanese: 脊黄青鸚哥 (セキセイインコ, sekiseiinko), 背黄青鸚哥 (ja) (せきせいいんこ, sekiseiinko) Korean: 사랑앵무 (sarang'aengmu) Low German: Buttje m Malay: burung bejis Martuthunira: parnparn Navajo: tsídii yáłtiʼí yázhí bitsiiyah noodǫ́zígíí Ngarrindjerri: tirkuri Norwegian: Bokmål: undulat (no) m Nynorsk: undulat m Pitjintjatjara: killy-killykari Polish: papużka falista (pl) f Portuguese: periquito australiano m Romanian: peruș (ro) m Russian: волни́стый попуга́йчик m (volnístyj popugájčik) Serbo-Croatian: tigrica (sh) f Slovak: andulka (sk) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: papagajik m Spanish: periquito (es) m Swedish: undulat (sv) c Turkish: muhabbet kuşu (tr) Volapük: vefapapagil (vo) Wangkangurru: katatharra Welsh: byji m Yindjibarndi: batharra

See also

• budgie smugglers

References

1. Edward E. Morris. 1898. Austral English. London: Macmillan and Co., p. 61.
2. Penny Olsen. 2021. Flight of the Budgerigar. Canberra: NLA Publishing, pp. 50-51.