serra

red-breasted merganser
red-breasted merganser

Mergus serrator
Mergus serrator#Translingual

red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)


debba

From Arabic دَابَّة (dābba, “mount, beast of burden”).


żiemel

mt-noun

żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)

żwiemel (plural)
debba (feminine)
żwejmel (diminutive)

From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, “horse or wild ass”), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, “(she-)camel used to carrying something”).


serduq

mt-noun

serduq m (plural sriedaq or sriedeq, diminutive srejdeq)

sriedaq (plural)
sriedeq (plural)
srejdeq (diminutive)

Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic. Compare Tunisian Arabic سردوك (sardūk) and Moroccan Arabic سردوك (sardūk).


baqra

baqra f (plural baqar, paucal baqriet, diminutive bqajra)

baqar (plural)
baqriet (paucal)
bqajra (diminutive)


tiġieġ

/tɪˈd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ/

From Arabic دَجَاج (dajāj), with a change of initial by dissimilation.


gendus

Probably of Berber origin. Compare Kabyle agenduz (“calf”).


għoġol

għoġol m (plural għoġġiela or għeġejjel, feminine għoġla)

għoġġiela (plural)
għeġejjel (plural)
għoġla (feminine)

/ˈɔˤː.d͡ʒɔl/


qroqqa

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. The exactly corresponding form is found in Tunisian Arabic قرقّة (ʔruʔʔa, qroqqa, “brooding hen”), South Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔruʔʔa, qruqqa, “brooding hen”). Compare also North Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔirʔa, qirqa), كركة (krikka). Related with Arabic قَرَّقَ (qarraqa), كَرَّكَ (karraka, “to cluck”), eventually onomatopoetic.


farruġ

Coracias garrulus
Coracias garrulus#Translingual


għattuqa

mt-noun

għattuqa f (plural għawwietaq, paucal għattuqiet, diminutive għetejqa)

għawwietaq (plural)
għattuqiet (paucal)
għetejqa (diminutive)

From Arabic عَتُّوقَة (ʕattūqa). Compare Tunisian Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet”), Algerian Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet”), Moroccan Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet; young girl”).


erħa

mt-noun

erħa f (plural erħiet or erieħ, diminutive erejħa)

erħiet (plural)
erieħ (plural)
erejħa (diminutive)

From Maghrebi Arabic أَرْخَة (ʔarḵa). Compare Tunisian Arabic أرخة (ʔarḵa).


wiżża ħamra

Branta ruficollis
Branta ruficollis#Translingual


wiżża tal-ful

Anser fabalis
Anser fabalis#Translingual


wiżża tal-Eġittu

Alopochen aegyptiaca
Alopochen aegyptiaca#Translingual


wiżża tal-maskra

Anser albifrons
Anser albifrons#Translingual


kuluvert tas-salib

Tadorna tadorna
Tadorna tadorna#Translingual


silfjun Ewropew

Mareca penelope
Mareca penelope#Translingual

Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope, syn. Anas penelope)


kuluvert griż

Anas strepera
Anas strepera#Translingual


kuluvert aħmar

Tadorna ferruginea
Tadorna ferruginea#Translingual


palettuna

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata#Translingual

Anas clypeata
Anas clypeata#Translingual

northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata)


sarsella ħamra

Anas querquedula
Anas querquedula#Translingual


kuluvert

Anas platyrhynchos
Anas platyrhynchos#Translingual


brajmla ħamra

Aythya nyroca
Aythya nyroca#Translingual


sarsella mnaqqxa

marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)


sarsella

From French sarcelle, from Latin querquedula.


brajmla rasha sewda

Literally, “pochard with its head black”.

lit

Aythya marila
Aythya marila#Translingual


brajmla tat-toppu

Aythya fuligula
Aythya fuligula#Translingual


brajmla

Aythya ferina
Aythya ferina#Translingual


brajmla sewda

Melanitta nigra
Melanitta nigra#Translingual


serra prima

Mergus merganser
Mergus merganser#Translingual


serra bajda

Mergellus albellus
Mergellus albellus#Translingual


brajmla rasha bajda

Literally, “pochard with its head white”.

Oxyura leucocephala
Oxyura leucocephala#Translingual


brajmla tal-għajn

Bucephala clangula
Bucephala clangula#Translingual


għaniqa

/aˤːˈnɪː.ʔa/

a young goat (at roughly one year of age)


wiżż

wiżża (singulative)
wiżeż (plural)
wiżżiet (paucal)