muntjac

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Etymology

From Dutch muntjak, from Sundanese ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ (mencek, “small deer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌntd͡ʒæk/, /ˈmʌntd͡ʒɑːk/

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Noun

muntjac (plural muntjacs)

1. Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.

Synonyms

• (Muntiacus): barking deer, baikree, ratwa, rib-faced deer

Derived terms

• Chinese muntjac

Translations

deer of the genus Muntiacus

Acehnese: gluëh Amis: mangcel Atayal: para Bau Bidayuh: jorak Burmese: ချေ (my) (hkye) Central Melanau: kijeang Chinese: Cantonese: 麇 (kwan4), 麂子 (gei2 zi2) Hokkien: 山獐 (soaⁿ-kiuⁿ) Mandarin: 麂 (zh) (jǐ), 麂子 (zh) (jǐzi), 麇 (zh) (jūn), 麕 (zh) (jūn), 麂鹿 (jǐlù), 吠鹿 (fèilù), 肋面鹿 (lèimiànlù) Czech: muntžak m Doteli: रतुवा (ratuwā) Dutch: muntjak (nl) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: muntjakki French: muntjac (fr) m German: Muntjak (de) m Hindi: काकड़ (kākaṛ), कांकड़ (kāṅkaṛ) Hungarian: muntyákszarvas Iban: kijang Indonesian: kijang (id) Irish: muinseac m Javanese: ꦏꦶꦢꦁ (jv) (kidang), ꦩꦸꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀ (muncak) Kimaragang: koridai Lao: ຟານ (fān) Malay: kijang Malayalam: കേഴമാൻ (kēḻamāṉ), കുരക്കും മാൻ (kurakkuṁ māṉ) Nepali: रतुवा (ratuwā) Old Javanese: kidaṅ Polish: mundżak (pl) m Punjabi: ਕਕੜ (kakaṛ) Russian: мунтжа́к m (muntžák) Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-comhartaich m Sebop: tela'o Shan: ၽၢၼ်း (shn) (pháan) Sundanese: ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ (mencek) Swedish: muntjak (sv) c Tagal Murut: tuhou, paus Telugu: కుక్కగొర్రె (kukkagorre) Thai: เก้ง (th) (gêeng) Thao: takith Vietnamese: mang (vi), hoẵng (vi), kỉ (vi), mển, mễn Welsh: carw mwntjac m West Coast Bajau: kijang