Päivän sana - varis (corvid, crow)
Päivän sana - varis (corvid, crow)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varis, from Proto-Uralic *warᴈ. Cognates include Estonian vares, Veps variš, Karelian varis, Erzya варака (varaka), Moksha варси (varsi) and Hungarian varjú. Likely an onomatopoeic word, compare Russian воро́на (voróna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑris/, [ˈʋɑ̝ris̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑris
- Hyphenation(key): va‧ris
Noun
varis
- hooded crow, grey crow, Corvus cornix
- corvid, crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)
Usage notes
Until recently carrion crow (nokivaris, which is rarely seen in Finland but common in England) was believed to be just a black variant of hooded crow or grey crow (which is common in Finland but less common in England). Therefore many dictionaries give "carrion crow" as translation for varis.