noun
Origin: ME papejai < MFr papagai, altered (infl. by gai: see jay) < Ar babghōʾ, babbaghāʾ < a WAfr language: of echoic orig.
See popinjay in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, parrot
Origin: , from Old French papegai
Origin: , from Spanish papagayo
Origin: or Old Provençal papagai
Origin: , both from Arabic babġā’, babaġā’
Origin: , from Persian babbaghā
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