myna
/ˈmaɪnə/
myna noun: one of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
Noun
myna (plural mynas)
myna meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
myna in Hindi
- the Asian members of starling family
- मैना mainā
myna in Tamil
- the Asian members of starling family
- மைனா maiṉā
myna in Marathi
- the Asian members of starling family
- मैना mainā
myna in Urdu
- the Asian members of starling family
- مینا menā
More languagesFewer languages
- myna in Bengali
- ময়না moẏna
- myna in Telugu
- మైనా mainā
- myna in Malayalam
- മൈന maina, മാടത്ത māṭatta
- myna in Punjabi
- ਮੈਨਾ mainā
- myna in Gujarati
- મેના menā
- myna in Odia
- ଶାରୀ śāri
- myna in Sanskrit
- शलाका śalākā, शारिका śārikā, सारिका sārikā, मदन madana
- myna in Sinhala
- මයිනා
- myna in Assamese
- শালিকা xalika, মইনা moina
- myna in Pashto
- ښارو ẍâro
- myna in Indonesian
- beo, mina
- myna in Thai
- ขุนทอง kǔn-tɔɔng, นกขุนทอง nók kǔn-tɔɔng
- myna in Myanmar
- ဆက်ရက် hcak-rak
Forms of myna
| plural | mynas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mynah |
| alternative form | mina |
| alternative form (archaic) | mino |
Origin of myna
Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).
Words formed from myna
- apo myna
- Bali myna
- bank myna
- bare-eyed myna
- collared myna
- common hill myna
- common myna
- crested myna
- enggano hill myna
- fiery-browed myna
- finch-billed myna
- golden-crested myna
- golden myna
- great myna
- helmeted myna
- hill myna
- Indian myna
- Javan myna
- jungle myna
- long-crested myna
- long-tailed myna
- nias hill myna
- pale-bellied myna
- pied myna
- southern hill myna
- Sri Lanka hill myna
- Sulawesi myna
- white-necked myna
- white-vented myna
- yellow-faced myna
Words that rhyme with myna
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Questions about myna
- What does myna mean?
- Myna means one of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
- What is myna in Hindi?
- Myna in Hindi is मैना (mainā). See Myna meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is myna?
- Myna is a noun.
- How do you pronounce myna?
- Myna is pronounced /ˈmaɪnə/.
- What is the plural of myna?
- The plural of myna is mynas.
Words near myna in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: myna (page history and authors); myna (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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