папуняк

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Обикновен папуняк

Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin after hoopoe's call oop-oop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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папу́няк (papúnjakm (relational adjective папу́няков)

  1. hoopoe (bird of suborder Upupi, particularly Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops))
    Synonyms: (dialectal) дуду́няк (dudúnjak), (rare) вдод (vdod), (colloquial) ци́ганско пе́тле (cígansko pétle)
  2. (figurative) whipper-snapper, boastful person

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