A Java sparrow in Hawaii
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.
Translations
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