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myna

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmaɪnə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnə
  • CMU ARPABET: M AY1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

tropical Asian starlings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: starling

Narrower terms: crested myna, Acridotheres tristis, hill myna, Indian grackle, grackle, Gracula religiosa

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: শালিকা (xalika) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Assamese: মইনা (moina) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Bengali: ময়না (moẏna) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Bulgarian: ушат скорец (ušat skorec) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Burmese: ဆက်ရက် (hcak-rak) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Catalan: minà — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Cantonese: 了哥 — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Cantonese: 八哥 (baat3 go1) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Hakka Chinese: 烏鷯 /乌鹩 (vû-liau) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Hakka Chinese: 白翼仔 (pha̍k-yi̍t-é) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese: 鵁鴒 /䴔鸰 (zh-min-nan) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese: 八哥 (pat-ko) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八哥 (bāgē) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八哥兒 /八哥儿 (bāgēr) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 八八兒 /八八儿 (bābār) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寒皋 (hángāo) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鴝鵒 /鸲鹆 (qúyù) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秦吉了 (qínjíliǎo) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Czech: majna — the Asian members of starling family
  • Dutch: maina — the Asian members of starling family
  • Finnish: kuningaskottarainen — the Asian members of starling family
  • Finnish: harakkakottarainen — the Asian members of starling family
  • Finnish: maina — the Asian members of starling family
  • French: mainate — the Asian members of starling family
  • German: Maina — the Asian members of starling family
  • Gujarati: મેના (menā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Hebrew: מיינה (máyna) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Hindi: मैना (mainā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Hungarian: majna — the Asian members of starling family
  • Hungarian: mejnó — the Asian members of starling family
  • Indonesian: beo — the Asian members of starling family
  • Indonesian: mina — the Asian members of starling family
  • Irish: míona — the Asian members of starling family
  • Khmer: សារិកាកែវ (saare’kaa kaev) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Lao: ສາລິກາ (sā li kā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Malayalam: മൈന (maina) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Malayalam: മാടത്ത (māṭatta) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Manx: truitlag Injinagh — the Asian members of starling family
  • Māori: maina — the Asian members of starling family
  • Marathi: मैना (mainā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Odia: ଶାରୀ (śāri) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Pashto: ښارو (ẍâro) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Polish: gwarek — the Asian members of starling family
  • Portuguese: mainá — the Asian members of starling family
  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Punjabi: ਮੈਨਾ (mainā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Russian: ма́йна (májna) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Sanskrit: शलाका (śalākā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Sanskrit: शारिका (śārikā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Sanskrit: सारिका (sārikā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Sanskrit: मदन (madana) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Spanish: mainá — the Asian members of starling family
  • Tamil: மைனா (maiṉā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Telugu: మైనా (mainā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Thai: ขุนทอง (kǔn-tɔɔng) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Thai: นกขุนทอง (nók kǔn-tɔɔng) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Urdu: مینا (menā) — the Asian members of starling family
  • Welsh: maina — the Asian members of starling family
  • Zhuang: roeggeuq — the Asian members of starling family