nightjar

English

Alternative forms

nightchurr

Etymology

From night +‎ jar, churr (“a sound, chirp, cry”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtd͡ʒɑɹ/

Noun

nightjar (plural nightjars)

Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.

Derived terms

Translations

nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae

Apache:
Western Apache: goodé
Assamese: দিনকণা (dinkona)
Azerbaijani: keçisağan
Catalan: enganyapastors (ca) m
Chechen: буьйсанан мокха хьоза (büüsanan moqa ḥʳoza)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 夜鷹／夜鹰 (zh) (yèyīng)
Czech: lelek (cs) m
Dutch: nachtzwaluw (nl) f
Esperanto: kaprimulgo
Estonian: öösorr (et)
Finnish: kehrääjä (fi)
French: engoulevent (fr) m
Galician: noiteboa f, noitebra f
German: Ziegenmelker (de) m, Nachtschwalbe f
Greek:
Ancient: κύμινδις m (kúmindis)
Hausa: yautai m
Hebrew: תַּחְמָס (he) m (taẖmás)
Hungarian: lappantyú (hu), kecskefejő (hu)
Icelandic: náttfari (is) m
Irish: tuirne lín m
Italian: caprimulgo (it) m, succiacapre (it) m
Japanese: 夜鷹 (yotaka)
Kikuyu: kiugũigũ class 7
Korean: 쏙독새 (ssokdoksae)
Luxembourgish: Fléimouk f
Malay: burung tukang m
Maltese: buqrajq m
Manx: hullad rhennee f
Navajo: naakʼidoolwoshii
Norman: huppe f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: nattravn m

Norwegian Nynorsk: natteramn m
Polish: lelek (pl) m
Portuguese: noitibó (pt) m, bacurau (pt) m, curiango m
Romanian: caprimulg (ro) m
Russian: козодо́й (ru) m (kozodój)
Spanish: chotacabras (es) m, guardacaminos m, caprimulgo m
Swedish: nattskärra (sv) c
Turkish: çobanaldatan (tr)
Vietnamese: cú muỗi
Welsh: gwalch y nos m, nyddwr m, troellwr m

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