hyena

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From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”).

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hiëna — mammal
• Albanian: hienë — mammal
• Amharic: ዥብ (žəb) — mammal
• Arabic: ضَبُع (ḍabuʕ) — mammal
• Arabic: ضِبْعَان (ḍibʕān) — mammal
• Arabic: ذِيخ (ḏīḵ) — mammal
• Chadian Arabic: مرفعين (marfa'īn) — mammal
• Arabic: ضَبْع (ḍabʕ) — mammal
• Arabic: ضَبْع (ḍabʕ) — mammal
• Arabic: ضبع (ḍbaʕ) — mammal
• Aramaic: ܐܰܦܥܳܐ (ʾap̄ʿā) — mammal
• Armenian: բորենի (boreni) — mammal
• Asturian: hiena — mammal
• Azerbaijani: kaftar — mammal
• Azerbaijani: goreşən — mammal
• Barein: búlmí — mammal
• Bari: gworong — mammal
• Bashkir: һыртлан (hırtlan) — mammal
• Basque: hiena — mammal
• Belarusian: гіе́на (hijéna) — mammal
• Bengali: হায়েনা (haẏena) — mammal
• Bulgarian: хие́на (hiéna) — mammal
• Burmese: ဟိုင်းအီနာ (huing:ina) — mammal
• Catalan: hiena — mammal
• Cerma: maamuŋo — mammal
• Chichewa: fisi — mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬣狗 (liègǒu) — mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 海乙那 (hǎiyǐnà) — mammal
• Coptic: ϩⲉⲓϯ (heiti) — mammal
• Coptic: ϩⲱⲓϯ (hōiti) — mammal
• Czech: hyena — mammal
• Dagbani: kunduŋ — mammal
• Danish: hyæne — mammal
• Dime: nayi — mammal
• Dutch: hyena — mammal
• Egyptian: hṯt — mammal
• Esperanto: hieno — mammal
• Estonian: hüään — mammal
• Finnish: hyeena — mammal
• French: hyène — mammal
• West-Frisian: hyena — mammal
• Friulian: jene — mammal
• Galician: hiena — mammal
• Ge'ez: ዝእብ (zəʾb) — mammal
• Georgian: აფთარი (aptari) — mammal
• German: Hyäne — mammal
• Greek: ύαινα (ýaina) — mammal
• Ancient Greek: γλάνος (glános) — mammal
• Ancient Greek: ὕαινα (húaina) — mammal
• Gwere: mpiti — mammal
• Hausa: kūrā — mammal
• Hebrew: צָבוֹעַ (tsavóa) — mammal
• Hindi: लकड़बग्घा (lakaṛbagghā) — mammal
• Hindi: तरच्छ (taracch) — mammal
• Hungarian: hiéna — mammal
• Icelandic: híena — mammal
• Icelandic: hýena — mammal
• Igbo: nkịta ọhịa — mammal
• Indonesian: dubuk — mammal
• Irish: hiéana — mammal
• Italian: iena — mammal
• Japanese: ハイエナ (haiena) — mammal
• Japanese: 鬣犬 (tategamiinu) — mammal
• Kannada: ಕತ್ತೆಕಿರುಬ (kattekiruba) — mammal
• Karang: mgburum — mammal
• Kazakh: қорқау (qorqau) — mammal
• Kikuyu: hiti — mammal
• Korean: 하이에나 (haiena) — mammal
• Central Kurdish: کەمتیار (kemtyar) — mammal
• Northern Kurdish: keftar — mammal
• Kyrgyz: гиена (giyena) — mammal
• Kyrgyz: көкжал (kökjal) — mammal
• Lao: ຫມາໃນ (mā nai) — mammal
• Lao: ຫມາໄນ (mā nai) — mammal
• Lao: ສຸນັກໄນ (su nak nai) — mammal
• Latin: hyaena — mammal
• Latvian: hiēna — mammal
• Lithuanian: hiena — mammal
• Luba-Kasai: kimungu — mammal
• Luba-Katanga: kimungu — mammal
• Maasai: olng'ojine — mammal
• Macedonian: хие́на (hiéna) — mammal
• Magahi: 𑂍𑂳𑂞𑂪𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂚 (kutlākāṛ) — mammal
• Malay: dubuk — mammal
• Malay: hiena — mammal
• Malayalam: കഴുതപ്പുലി (kaḻutappuli) — mammal
• Maltese: jena — mammal
• Mandinka: suluwo — mammal
• Marathi: तरस (taras) — mammal
• Middle English: hiene — mammal
• Mongolian: цөөвөр чоно (cöövör čono) — mammal
• Nandi: kimaket — mammal
• Njyem: bʉʉ — mammal
• Nkonya: ɔkpataku — mammal
• Norwegian Bokmål: hyene — mammal
• Nuer: yak — mammal
• Nupe: màkundunnu — mammal
• Old English: nihtgenġe — mammal
• Oromo: waraabessa — mammal
• Pashto: اښوپړانګ (ax̌opṛãng) — mammal
• Pashto: کوږ (koẓ) — mammal
• Pashto: کوږبل (koẓbǝ́l) — mammal
• Persian: کفتار (kaftâr) — mammal
• Piedmontese: jen-a — mammal
• Polish: hiena — mammal
• Portuguese: hiena — mammal
• Rendille: waraba — mammal
• Romanian: hienă — mammal
• Romanian: hiene — mammal
• Russian: гие́на (gijéna) — mammal
• Sanskrit: तरक्षु (tarakṣu) — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: хије́на — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: hijéna — mammal
• Sidamo: goto — mammal
• Slovak: hyena — mammal
• Slovene: hijena — mammal
• Somali: waraabe — mammal
• Spanish: hiena — mammal
• Swahili: fisi — mammal
• Swedish: hyena — mammal
• Tagalog: yena — mammal
• Tajik: кафтор (kaftor) — mammal
• Tamil: கழுதைப்புலி (kaḻutaippuli) — mammal
• Tashelhit: ⵉⴼⵉⵙ (ifis) — mammal
• Tatar: сыртлан (sırtlan) — mammal
• Tedaga: zoor — mammal
• Telugu: దుమ్ములగొండి (dummulagoṇḍi) — mammal
• Thai: หมาใน (mǎa-nai) — mammal
• Thai: ไฮยีน่า (hai-yii-nâa) — mammal
• Tooro: empisi class 9 — mammal
• Tswana: phiri — mammal
• Turkish: sırtlan — mammal
• Turkish: yeleli kurt — mammal
• Turkish: andık — mammal
• Ottoman Turkish: صرتلان (sırtlan) — mammal
• Turkmen: syrtlan — mammal
• Uduk: nyùrúny — mammal
• Ukrainian: гіє́на (hijéna) — mammal
• Unami: èluhis — mammal
• Urdu: لکر بگھا (lakaṛ bagghā) — mammal
• Uyghur: سىرتلان (sirtlan) — mammal
• Uyghur: سرتلان (srtlan) — mammal
• Uzbek: sirtlon — mammal
• Vietnamese: linh cẩu — mammal
• Volapük: hüen — mammal
• Walloon: iyinne — mammal
• Welsh: udfil — mammal
• Welsh: hiena — mammal
• Wolaytta: godariya — mammal
• Wolof: bukki bi — mammal
• Yiddish: היענע (hyene) — mammal
• Yiddish: צָבוֹעַ (Tsovoa) — mammal
• Yoruba: ìkòrikò — mammal
• Yoruba: ìkookò — mammal
• Yoruba: kòrikò — mammal
• Zazaki: keftal — mammal
• Zulu: impisi — mammal