nightjar

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑː/
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• General-American: /ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑɹ/
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From night + jar (“a discordant sound”), due to the bird's harsh call.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akan: asantrofie anomaa — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Western Apache: goodé — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Assamese: দিনকণা (dinkona) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Asturian: ranciella — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Asturian: rallu — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Asturian: ralla — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Azerbaijani: keçisağan — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Catalan: enganyapastors — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Chechen: буьйсанан мокха хьоза (büüsanan moqa ḥroza) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 夜鷹 /夜鹰 (yèyīng) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Czech: lelek — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Dutch: nachtzwaluw — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Esperanto: kaprimulgo — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Estonian: öösorr — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Finnish: kehrääjä — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• French: engoulevent — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Galician: noiteboa — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Galician: noitebra — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• German: Ziegenmelker — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• German: Nachtschwalbe — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Ancient Greek: κύμινδις (kúmindis) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Hausa: yautai — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Hebrew: תַּחְמָס (taẖmás) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Hungarian: lappantyú — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Hungarian: kecskefejő — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Icelandic: náttfari — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Irish: tuirne lín — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Italian: caprimulgo — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Italian: succiacapre — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Japanese: 夜鷹 (yotaka) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Kikuyu: kiugũigũ — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Korean: 쏙독새 (ssokdoksae) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Latin: caprimulgus — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Luxembourgish: Fléimouk — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Malay: burung tukang — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Maltese: buqrajq — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Manx: hullad rhennee — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Norman: huppe — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Norwegian Bokmål: nattravn — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: natteramn — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Polish: lelek — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Portuguese: noitibó — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Portuguese: bacurau — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Portuguese: curiango — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Romanian: caprimulg — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Russian: козодо́й (kozodój) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Spanish: chotacabras — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Spanish: guardacaminos — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Spanish: caprimulgo — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Sranan Tongo: butabuta — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Swedish: nattskärra — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Turkish: çobanaldatan — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Turkish: keçisağan — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Turkish: dağ kırlangıcı — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Ukrainian: дрімлюга (drimljuha) — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Vietnamese: cú muỗi — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Welsh: gwalch y nos — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Welsh: nyddwr — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae
• Welsh: troellwr — nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae