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Translingual

Symbol

jay

(international standards)ISO 639-3 language code forYan-nhangu.

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yan-nhangu terms

English

Pronunciation

enPR:jā,IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪ/
Audio(General Australian): (file)
Rhymes:-eɪ

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishjay, fromOld Frenchjai("jay"; Modern Frenchgeai), either fromLate Latingaius(“jay”),^[1] or fromOld Frenchgai(“gay, merry”), so named due to its plumage, from OldFrankish*gāhi(“quick, impetuous”), fromProto-Germanic*ganhuz,*ganhwaz(“sudden”), cognate withDutchgaai(“jay”). More atgay.

Noun

jay (pluraljays)

Eurasian jay

American jay

Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the familyCorvidae, includingGarrulus,Cyanocitta,Aphelocoma,Perisoreus,Cyanocorax,Gymnorhinus,Cyanolyca,Ptilostomus, andCalocitta, allied to thecrows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
1. TheIndian roller,Coracias benghalensis.
  - 1878, Philip Stewart Robinson,In My Indian Garden:
    They are the commonality of birddom, who furnish forth the mobs which bewilder the drunken-flightedjay when he jerks, shrieking in a series of blue hyphen-flashes through the air[…]
Any of various largepapilionid butterflies of thegenusGraphium.
(archaic) A dull or ignorant person.It survives today in the termjaywalking.
- 1900, Harry B. Norris, “Burlington Bertie”:
  Burlington Bertie's the latest youngjay
  He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
  He spends the goodoof that his pater has made
  Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.
(obsolete)Promiscuous woman;prostitute.
- a.1611,William Shakespeare,Cymbeline, act 3, scene 4, lines50–51:
  Somejay of Italy, / Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him:

Synonyms

(bird):Jenny jay,jay pie,k,kae(UK);bluejay,whisky jack(US)
(ignorant person): SeeThesaurus:ignoramus
(promiscuous woman): SeeThesaurus:promiscuous woman orThesaurus:prostitute

Hyponyms

(bird):Old World jay,gray jay,American jay

Derived terms

terms derived fromjay (bird)

Other terms with "jay"

Translations

bird

Albanian:grifshë (sq) f,grizhlemzë (sq) f
Arabic:زُرَيْق m(zurayq)
Armenian:ճայ (hy)(čay)
Basque:eskinoso
Belarusian:сойка f(sójka)
Breton:kegin (br) f
Bulgarian:сойка f(sojka)
Catalan:gaig m
Chinese:
Cantonese:松鴉 /松鸦(cung⁴ aa¹),橿鳥 /橿鸟(goeng¹ niu⁵)
Mandarin:松鴉 /松鸦 (zh)(sōngyā),橿鳥 /橿鸟(jiāngniǎo)
Czech:sojka (cs) f
Danish:skovskade (da)(Eurasian jay)
Dutch:gaai (nl) m,Vlaamse gaai (nl) m(Eurasian jay)
Esperanto:garolo
Estonian:pasknäär (et)
Faroese:gnelliskjóra
Finnish:närhi (fi)
French:geai (fr) m,geai des chênes (fr) m
Friulian:gjaie f,badascule f
Galician:gaio (gl),pega marxa,pega rebordá f
Georgian:ჩხიკვი(čxiḳvi)
German:Häher (de) m,Hähermännchen n(male),Häherweibchen n(female)
Greek:κίσσα (el) f(kíssa)
Ancient:κίσσα f(kíssa)
Hebrew:עורבני m('orbaní)
Hungarian:szajkó (hu),mátyásmadár (hu)
Icelandic:skrækskaði (is)
Ido:jeo (io)
Irish:scréachóg
Italian:ghiandaia (it) f
Japanese:懸巣 (ja),橿鳥,鵥 (ja),カケス(かけす, kakesu)
Kazakh:қарға(qarğa)
Ladin:gacia
Latin:gaius,garrulus m
Latvian:sīlis
Lithuanian:kėkštas (lt)
Lower Sorbian:kabeja
Macedonian:сојка f(sojka)
Maltese:sultan iċ-ċawl
Mari:
Eastern Mari:купшӱльӧ(kupšüĺö)
Mongolian:ятга шаазгай(jatga šaazgaj),ятгашаазгай(jatgašaazgaj, literally“zither magpie”)
Navajo:tʼádootłʼizhii,joogii
Norman:geai m
Norwegian:
Bokmål:nøtteskrike (no) m or f(Eurasian jay)
Nynorsk:nøtteskrikje f,^(please verify)nøtteskrike f(Eurasian jay)
Occitan:gag (oc)
Ottoman Turkish:آلا قارغه(ala karga)
Polish:sójka (pl) f
Portuguese:gralha (pt) f,gaio (pt) m
Romanian:gaiță (ro) f
Romansch:sgragia f
Russian:со́йка (ru) f(sójka)
Sami:
Northern Sami:látteguovssat
Sardinian:piga,pica,marabiga,mariabiga,melapica
Scottish Gaelic:sgreuchag f,sgreuchan-coille m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:креjа f,шојка f,сoјка f
Roman:kreja (sh) f,šojka (sh) f,sojka (sh) f
Slovak:sojka (sk) f
Slovene:šoja (sl) f
Spanish:arrendajo (es) m,urraca (es) f,grajilla (es) f
Swedish:skrika (sv) c,nötskrika (sv)(Eurasian jay)
Turkish:alakarga (tr)
Ukrainian:сойка f(sojka)
Upper Sorbian:škrěkawa
Welsh:sgrech (cy) f
West Frisian:houtekster

See also

jay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Corvidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Respelling of the letterjy (which see), by analogy with the following letterkay.

Noun

jay (pluraljays)

The name of theLatin-script letterJ/j.
(slang) Amarijuana cigarette; ajoint.
- 2009 March 23,Caitlin Moran,The Times:
  Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: “Some people can handle it, and some people can’t,” and then smugly light up a big fatjay.

Derived terms

Translations

name of the letter J, j

See also

(Latin-script letter names)letter;a,bee,cee,dee,e,ef,gee,aitch,i,jay,kay,el,em,en,o,pee,cue,ar,ess,tee,u,vee,double-u,ex,wye,zee /zed

References

“jay”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

^Myers, Susan (2022),The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names, Princeton University Press,→ISBN, page181

Ilocano

Adverb

jay (Kur-itan spellingᜇ᜔ᜌᜌ᜔)(informal)

clipping ofidjay

Kaqchikel

Etymology

FromProto-Mayan*nhaah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [xɐj̥]

Noun

jay

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References

https://talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/kaqchikel/?entry=251
Kaufman, Terrence; Justeson, John (2003),A Preliminary Mayan Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], page947: “pM *nhaah”

Middle English

Alternative forms

gaye,jai,jey

Etymology

FromOld Frenchjai, fromFrankish*gāhi orLate Latingaius.Doublet ofgay.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæi̯/

Noun

jay (pluraljayes)

jay(bird)

Descendants

English:jay
Scots:jay

References

“jai,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved18 June 2018.

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