jay

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, from "jay"; Modern French, either from , or from , so named due to its plumage, from Old , from , , cognate with 🇨🇬. More on the latter etymology at.

Noun

 * 1) Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family, including , , , , , , , , and , allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
 * 2) Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
 * 3) The Indian roller,.
 * 4) Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
 * 5)  A dull or ignorant person.
 * 6)  Promiscuous woman; prostitute.
 * 1)  Promiscuous woman; prostitute.
 * 1)  Promiscuous woman; prostitute.

Synonyms

 * ,, k, kae ; bluejay, whisky jack
 * See Thesaurus:ignoramus
 * See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman or Thesaurus:prostitute

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: زُرَيْق
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eskinoso
 * Belarusian: сойка
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: сойка
 * Catalan: gaig
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 松鴉, 橿鳥
 * Mandarin:, 橿鳥
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: garolo
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: gnelliskjóra
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: gjaie, badascule
 * Galician:, pega marxa, pega rebordá
 * Georgian: ჩხიკვი
 * German:, Hähermännchen , Häherweibchen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κίσσα
 * Hebrew: עורבני
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: scréachóg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 懸巣, 橿鳥,, カケス
 * Ladin: gacia
 * Latin: gaius, garrulus
 * Latvian: sīlis
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kabeja
 * Macedonian: сојка
 * Maltese: sultan iċ-ċawl
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: купшӱльӧ
 * Mongolian: ятга шаазгай, ятгашаазгай
 * Navajo: tʼádootłʼizhii, joogii
 * Norman: geai
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: nøtteskrikje,
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sgragia
 * Russian:
 * Sami:
 * Northern Sami: látteguovssat
 * Sardinian: piga, pica, marabiga, mariabiga, melapica
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgreuchag, sgreuchan-coille
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: креjа, шојка, сoјка
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: сойка
 * Upper Sorbian: škrěkawa
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: houtekster

Etymology 2
Respelling of the letter (which see), by analogy with the following letter.

Noun

 * 1)  A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
 * 1)  A marijuana cigarette; a joint.

Translations

 * Arabic: جَاي, جَاي
 * Bengali: জে
 * Burmese: ဂျေ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Jot
 * Greek: τζέι
 * Hawaiian: iota
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: jé
 * Italian: i lunga
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 제이
 * Latin:
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: जे
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: джей, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: dyey
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: je

Noun

 * 1) home

Etymology
From, from  or. .

Noun

 * 1)  bird