Meaning

3 senses
  1. The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

    Gelbbrustara

    cи́не-жёлтый а́раcíne-žóltyj ára

  2. A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus).

More definitions
  • macaws
  • a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Ara ararauna, a macaw:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Ara ararauna, a macaw:

Origin

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara. Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimat

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara.

Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.

From Japanese あら (ara).

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Forms

plural: aras

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • macaws:genus Ara

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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