muntjac

English

An Indian muntjac

Etymology

From Dutch muntjak, from Sundanese mencek (“small deer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌntd͡ʒæk/, /ˈmʌntd͡ʒɑːk/

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Noun

muntjac (plural muntjacs)

1. Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.

Synonyms

• (Muntiacus): barking deer, baikree, ratwa, rib-faced deer

Derived terms

• black muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)
• Bornean yellow muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes)
• Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
• common muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
• Fea's muntjac (Muntiacus feae)
• giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis)
• Gongshan muntjac (Muntiacus gongshanensis)
• hairy-fronted muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)
• Indian muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis)
• large-antlered muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis)
• leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)
• Malabar red muntjak (Muntiacus malabaricus)
• northern red muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis)
• Pu Hoat muntjac (Muntiacus puhoatensis)
• Putao muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)
• red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
• Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
• Roosevelt's muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum)
• southern red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
• Sumatran muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak montanus)
• Tenasserim muntjac (Muntiacus feae)
• Truong Son muntjac (Muntiacus truongsonensis)

Translations

deer of the genus Muntiacus

• Acehnese: gluëh
• Amis: mangcel
• Atayal: para
• Bau Bidayuh: jorak
• Burmese: ချေ (my) (hkye)
• Central Melanau: kijeang
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麇 (kwan⁴), 麂子 (gei² zi²)

  Hokkien: 山獐 (soaⁿ-kiuⁿ)

  Mandarin: 麂 (zh) (jǐ), 麂子 (zh) (jǐzi), 麇 (zh) (jūn), 麕 (zh) (jūn), 麂鹿 (jǐlù), 吠鹿 (fèilù), 肋面鹿 (lèimiànlù)

• Czech: muntžak m
• Doteli: रतुवा (ratuwā)
• Dutch: muntjak (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: muntjakki
• French: muntjac (fr) m
• German: Muntjak (de) m
• Hindi: काकड़ (kākaṛ), कांकड़ (kāṅkaṛ)
• Hungarian: muntyákszarvas
• Iban: kijang
• Indonesian: kijang (id)
• Irish: muinseac m
• Javanese: ꦏꦶꦢꦁ (jv) (kidang), ꦩꦸꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀ (muncak)
• Kimaragang: koridai
• Lao: ຟານ (fān)
• Malay: kijang
• Malayalam: കേഴമാൻ (kēḻamāṉ), കുരക്കും മാൻ (kurakkuṁ māṉ)
• Nepali: रतुवा (ratuwā)
• Old Javanese: kidaṅ
• Polish: mundżak (pl) m
• Punjabi: ਕਕੜ (kakaṛ)
• Russian: мунтжа́к m (muntžák)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-comhartaich m
• Sebop: tela'o
• Shan: ၽၢၼ်း (shn) (pháan)
• Sundanese: ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ (mencek)
• Swedish: muntjak (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: tuhou, paus
• Telugu: కుక్కగొర్రె (kukkagorre)
• Thai: เก้ง (th) (gêeng)
• Thao: takith
• Vietnamese: mang (vi), hoẵng (vi), kỉ (vi), mển, mễn
• Welsh: carw mwntjac m
• West Coast Bajau: kijang