jay

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• /ˈd͡ʒeɪ/
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Borrowed from Hindi जय (jay, literally “victory”).

From Middle English jay, from Old French jai ("jay"; Modern French geai), either from Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or from Old French gai (“gay, merry”), so named due to its plumage, from Old Frankish *gāhi (“quick, impetuous”), from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”), cognate with Dutch gaai (“jay”). More at gay.

Respelling of the letter jy (which see), by analogy with the following letter kay.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: grifshë — bird
• Albanian: grizhlemzë — bird
• Arabic: زُرَيْق (zurayq) — bird
• Armenian: ճայ (čay) — bird
• Basque: eskinoso — bird
• Belarusian: сойка (sójka) — bird
• Breton: kegin — bird
• Bulgarian: сойка (sojka) — bird
• Catalan: gaig — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 松鴉 /松鸦 (cung4 aa1) — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 橿鳥 /橿鸟 (goeng1 niu5) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 松鴉 /松鸦 (sōngyā) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 橿鳥 /橿鸟 (jiāngniǎo) — bird
• Czech: sojka — bird
• Danish: skovskade — bird
• Dutch: gaai — bird
• Dutch: Vlaamse gaai — bird
• Esperanto: garolo — bird
• Estonian: pasknäär — bird
• Faroese: gnelliskjóra — bird
• Finnish: närhi — bird
• French: geai — bird
• French: geai des chênes — bird
• West-Frisian: houtekster — bird
• Friulian: gjaie — bird
• Friulian: badascule — bird
• Galician: gaio — bird
• Galician: pega marxa — bird
• Galician: pega rebordá — bird
• Georgian: ჩხიკვი (čxiḳvi) — bird
• German: Häher — bird
• German: Hähermännchen — bird
• German: Häherweibchen — bird
• Greek: κίσσα (kíssa) — bird
• Ancient Greek: κίσσα (kíssa) — bird
• Hebrew: עורבני ('orbaní) — bird
• Hungarian: szajkó — bird
• Hungarian: mátyásmadár — bird
• Icelandic: skrækskaði — bird
• Ido: jeo — bird
• Irish: scréachóg — bird
• Italian: ghiandaia — bird
• Japanese: 懸巣 — bird
• Japanese: 橿鳥 — bird
• Japanese: 鵥 — bird
• Japanese: カケス (kakesu) — bird
• Kazakh: қарға (qarğa) — bird
• Ladin: gacia — bird
• Latin: gaius — bird
• Latin: garrulus — bird
• Latvian: sīlis — bird
• Lithuanian: kėkštas — bird
• Macedonian: сојка (sojka) — bird
• Maltese: sultan iċ-ċawl — bird
• Eastern Mari: купшӱльӧ (kupšüĺö) — bird
• Mongolian: ятга шаазгай (jatga šaazgaj) — bird
• Navajo: tʼádootłʼizhii — bird
• Navajo: joogii — bird
• Norman: geai — bird
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøtteskrike — bird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøtteskrikje — bird
• Occitan: gag — bird
• Polish: sójka — bird
• Portuguese: gralha — bird
• Portuguese: gaio — bird
• Romanian: gaiță — bird
• Romansh: sgragia — bird
• Russian: со́йка (sójka) — bird
• Northern Sami: látteguovssat — bird
• Sardinian: piga — bird
• Sardinian: pica — bird
• Sardinian: marabiga — bird
• Sardinian: mariabiga — bird
• Sardinian: melapica — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: sgreuchag — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: sgreuchan-coille — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: креjа — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: шојка — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: сoјка — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: kreja — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: šojka — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: sojka — bird
• Slovak: sojka — bird
• Slovene: šoja — bird
• Lower Sorbian: kabeja — bird
• Upper Sorbian: škrěkawa — bird
• Spanish: arrendajo — bird
• Spanish: urraca — bird
• Spanish: grajilla — bird
• Swedish: skrika — bird
• Swedish: nötskrika — bird
• Turkish: alakarga — bird
• Turkish: kestane kargası — bird
• Ottoman Turkish: آلا قارغه (ala karga) — bird
• Ukrainian: сойка (sojka) — bird
• Welsh: sgrech — bird
• Arabic: جَاي (jay) — name of the letter J, j
• Arabic: جَاي (jāy) — name of the letter J, j
• Asturian: yota — name of the letter J, j
• Asturian: jota — name of the letter J, j
• Bengali: জে (je) — name of the letter J, j
• Bulgarian: жи (ži) — name of the letter J, j
• Burmese: ဂျေ (gye) — name of the letter J, j
• Catalan: jota — name of the letter J, j
• Czech: jé — name of the letter J, j
• Dutch: jee — name of the letter J, j
• Esperanto: jo — name of the letter J, j
• Finnish: jii — name of the letter J, j
• French: ji — name of the letter J, j
• Galician: iota — name of the letter J, j
• German: Jot — name of the letter J, j
• Greek: τζέι (tzéi) — name of the letter J, j
• Hawaiian: iota — name of the letter J, j
• Hindi: जे (je) — name of the letter J, j
• Icelandic: joð — name of the letter J, j
• Ido: je — name of the letter J, j
• Indonesian: je — name of the letter J, j
• Irish: jé — name of the letter J, j
• Italian: i lunga — name of the letter J, j
• Japanese: ジェー (jē) — name of the letter J, j
• Japanese: ジェイ (jei) — name of the letter J, j
• Korean: 제이 (jei) — name of the letter J, j
• Latin: ī — name of the letter J, j
• Malay: je — name of the letter J, j
• Marathi: जे (je) — name of the letter J, j
• Occitan: ji — name of the letter J, j
• Persian: جیْ (jey) — name of the letter J, j
• Polish: jot — name of the letter J, j
• Portuguese: jota — name of the letter J, j
• Russian: джей (džej) — name of the letter J, j
• Russian: йот (jot) — name of the letter J, j
• Russian: жи (ži) — name of the letter J, j
• Spanish: jota — name of the letter J, j
• Tagalog: dyey — name of the letter J, j
• Thai: เจ (jee) — name of the letter J, j
• Turkish: je — name of the letter J, j
• Welsh: je — name of the letter J, j