papegoja

Swedish

en papegoja (blågul ara)

Etymology

Derived from Old French papegai, from Spanish papagayo, likely from Arabic ببغاء. Compare Danish papegøje, German Papagei, English popinjay.

Noun

papegoja c

1. a parrot (bird from the order Psittaciformes)

   Synonym: (colloquial) goja

   en talande papegoja

   a talking parrot

Declension

Declension of papegoja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	papegoja	papegojas
	definite	papegojan	papegojans
plural	indefinite	papegojor	papegojors
	definite	papegojorna	papegojornas

See also

• ara

References

• papegoja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• papegoja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• papegoja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• papegoja in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
• papegoja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)