English
Noun
Java sparrow (plural Java sparrows)
- Any of species Padda oryzivora of finches, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 133:Still there was a cheerful appearance; a capital fire burnt in the bright grate; there were some stands of thriving plants in the windows; and some canaries and Java sparrows chirped as if they were quite content to be "hereditary bondsmen.
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Java sparrow
- Arabic: عصفور جاوة
- Asturian: capuchín arroceru de Java m, gorrión de Java m
- Bihari: पैड्डा ओरिजिवोरा
- Bulgarian: оризарка f (orizarka)
- Catalan: pardal de Java m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 禾雀 (zh) (héquè), 文鳥 / 文鸟 (zh) (wén niǎo), 黑芙蓉
- Czech: rýžovník m
- Danish: risfugl
- Dutch: rijstvogel (nl) m
- Estonian: riisiamadiin
- Finnish: riisipeippo (fi), riisilintu
- French: padda de Java (fr) m, calfat de Java m, moineau de Java m
- German: Reisfink m, Reisamadine, Reisnonne
- Hebrew: אורזית
- Hungarian: rizspinty
- Indonesian: gelatik jawa
- Irish: gealbhan Iávach
- Italian: padda (it) m, fringuello di Giava m
- Japanese: 文鳥 (ja) (bunchō)
- Javanese: gathik jawa, glathik bélong
- Korean: 문조 (ko) (munjo)
- Lithuanian: javos žvirblis, ryžinukas
- Malay: burung ciak jawa, pipit padi jawa
- Norwegian: javarisfugl
- Persian: فنچ نرگسی
- Polish: ryżowiec siwy
- Portuguese: pardal de Java, calafate (pt) m (Brazil)
- Russian: ри́совка (ru) f (rísovka)
- Slovak: ryžovník sivý
- Spanish: capuchino arrocero de Java m, gorrión de Java m
- Sundanese: galatik
- Swahili: zawaridi
- Swedish: risfågel
- Tagalog: mayang costa
- Tamil: ஜாவா சிட்டுக்குருவி (jāvā ciṭṭukkuruvi)
- Thai: นกกระจอกชวา
- Turkish: cava serçesi, cava ispinozu, cava pirinç kuşu
- Vietnamese: sẻ Java
- Welsh: cwyrbig Jafa
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