different between myna vs koel

English

Alternative forms

• mino (archaic)
• mynah, mina

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (main?)/Urdu ????? (main?), from Sanskrit ??? (madana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n?/
• Rhymes: -a?n?

Noun

myna (plural mynas)

1. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• myna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sturnidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• MYAN, Many, Myan., many

English

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (koyal), from Sanskrit ????? (kokila) which is of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

koel (plural koels)

1. A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
   • 1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, p. 49:

     It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up / its one weird note.

Derived terms

• Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
• Australian koel (Eudynamys (orientalis) cyanocephalus)
• black-billed koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus)
• eastern koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
• Pacific koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
• western koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

References

• “koel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “koel” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.
• “koel”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Elko, Kole, loke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul/
• Rhymes: -ul
• Homophone: cool

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch coel, from Old Dutch *kuol, from Proto-West Germanic *k?l(?), from Proto-Germanic *k?laz.

Adjective

koel (comparative koeler, superlative koelst)

1. (literally) cold, chilly (having a low temperature)
2. (figuratively) without warm feelings
3. (figuratively) cool, with an in-control image

Inflection

Derived terms

• koelen
• koelte
• koeltjes
• koele kikker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

koel

1. first-person singular present indicative of koelen
2. imperative of koelen

Anagrams

• loke

Estonian

Noun

koel

1. adessive singular of kude

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *k?l, from Proto-West Germanic *k?l(?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku??l/

Adjective

koel

1. cool

Inflection

Further reading

• “koel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011