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varis.

hooded crow, grey crow, Corvus cornix

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋɑris/[ˈʋɑ̝ris̠]
  1. hooded crow, grey crow, Corvus cornix

  2. corvid, crow (any bird of the genus Corvus)

Where this word comes from

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).

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