# чайка
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry ча-ча (ča-ča). Compare Latvian kaija (“mew gull”), Estonian kajakas (“gull”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃa̟jkɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f (relational adjective ча́йков)
* seagull, seamew (seabird of family Laridae)
    Synonyms: мо́рски гъ́лъб (mórski gǎ́lǎb), (dialectal) кре́я (kréja)

#### Hyponyms

* ча́йка буреве́стница (čájka burevéstnica, “common gull (Larus canus)”) (literally: gull storm-foreshadower)
* сребри́ста ча́йка (srebrísta čájka, “silver gull (Larus argentatus)”)
* черногъ́рба ча́йка (černogǎ́rba čájka, “black-backed gull (Larus marinus)”)
* черногла́ва ча́йка (černogláva čájka, “Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus)”) (literally: black-headed gull)
* поля́рна ча́йка (poljárna čájka, “polar gull (Larus hyperboreus)”)
* дългоклю́на ча́йка (dǎlgokljúna čájka, “slender-bill gull (Chroicocephalus genei)”)

#### Related terms

* ка́ня (kánja, “kite (bird)”)

### References

* “чайка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “чайка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Russian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry *kē.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ɕæjkə]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f anim (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки, genitive plural ча́ек, relational adjective ча́ячий)
* seagull
* Chaika (Soviet watch brand)
* Chaika (series of Soviet 35 mm half-frame cameras)
* Chaika (Soviet luxury automobile)
** 1997, Александр Коржаков [Alexander Korzhakov], “Знакомство”, in Борис Ельцин: от рассвета до заката, Москва: Интербук; English translation from Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk, (Please provide a date or year):В ЗИ́Ле и́ли «Ча́йке» Бори́с Никола́евич всегда́ сиде́л на за́днем сиде́нии.V ZÍLe íli «Čájke» Borís Nikolájevič vsegdá sidél na zádnem sidénii.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Chaika (Soviet sesquiplane fighter)
* Chayka (Soviet turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft)
* Chaika (Russian amphibious aircraft)
* Chayka (Soviet and Russian terrestrial radio navigation system)

##### Derived terms

* за́падная ча́йка (západnaja čájka)

##### Descendants

* → Bezhta: чайка (čajka)
* → Southern Yukaghir: чайка (čajka)

#### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “чайка”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕɪjˈka]

#### Noun

чайка́ • (čajká) m inan
* genitive singular of чаёк (čajók)

### Further reading

* чайка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

## Southern Yukaghir
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чайка (čajka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ɕai̯ka]
* Rhymes: -ajka
* Hyphenation: чай‧ка

### Noun

чайка (čajka) (diminutive чайкадиэ)
* gull

#### Synonyms

* моттушкаа (mottuškā)

### References

* Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 191

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry *kē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃai̯kɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f animal (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки or чайки́, genitive plural ча́йок or чайо́к)
* seagull

#### Declension
### Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f inan (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки, genitive plural ча́йок)
* (historical) a type of boat used by Zaporozhian Cossacks

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “чайка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka