гага

Of onomatopoeic origin, similar to dialectal Bulgarian би́ба (bíba, “duck”). Compare Russian га́га (gága, “eider”) and Turkish gaga (“beak”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɡɐ]

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га́га • (gága) f

1. eider (sea duck of genus Somateria)
2. (dialectal) duck's/goose's bill

   Synonym: би́ба (bíba)

3. (figurative) proboscis

   Synonyms: хобо́т (hobót), (dialectal) ди́зица (dízica)

• обикнове́на га́га (obiknovéna gága, “common eider, Somateria mollissima”)
• очила́та га́га (očiláta gága, “spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri”)
• гребенча́та га́га (grebenčáta gága, “king eider, Somateria spectabilis”) (literally: crested eider)

• гага́рка (gagárka, “auk”)
• га́рга (gárga, “jackdaw”)

• “гага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• га-га (ga-ga)

гага • (gaga)

1. (colloquial) free, free of charge

гага • (gaga)

1. grain, kernel, berry

• гагадыргъ (gagadyrǧ)

• Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press
• Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “гага”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɡə]

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га́га • (gága) f anim (genitive га́ги, nominative plural га́ги, genitive plural гаг, relational adjective гага́чий)

1. eider

   Synonym: у́тка (útka)