hyena

See also: hýena

English

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hyena

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• hyaena, hyæna (dated)
• hyen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hī-ēʹnə, IPA^(key): /haɪˈiːnə/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

hyena (plural hyenas or hyena or hyenae)

1. Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:

     The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.

   • 1994, T. M. Caro, Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species‎, page 283:

     I took no systematic data on the costs to cheetahs and hyenas, but some anecdotes suggest that both parties took numerical advantage and hunger into account.

   • 2002, Maskew Miller Longman, Find Out about African Animals‎, page 28:

     Hyenas are scavengers, which means they eat food left behind by other animals and people.

   • 2003, Anne Engh, Kay E. Holekamp, “Case Study 5A: Maternal Rank "Inheritance" in the Spotted Hyena”, in Frans B. M. De Waal, Peter L Tyack, editors, Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies, page 149:

     Hyena biologists often think of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) as baboons with big teeth and relatively small brains.

2. (Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.
   • see Citations:hyena

Usage notes

• The hyena family, Hyaenidae, also includes the smaller insectivorous aardwolf, the sole survivor of a lineage regarded as more dog-like.

Derived terms

• brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea)
• cave hyena (†Crocuta crocuta spelaea)
• giant hyena (†Pachycrocuta spp.)
• hyena dog (Lycaon pictus)
• hyenalike
• hyenic
• hyenine
• hyenoid
• hyote
• laughing hyena (= spotted hyena)
• laugh like a hyena
• running hyena (†Chasmaporthetes spp.)
• spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
• striped hyena Hyaena hyaena
• werehyena

Translations

mammal

Afrikaans: hiëna (af) Albanian: hienë (sq) f Amharic: ዥብ (žəb) Arabic: ضَبُع f (ḍabuʕ), ضِبْعَان m (ḍibʕān), ذِيخ m (ḏīḵ) Chadian Arabic: مرفعين (marfa'īn) Egyptian Arabic: ضَبْع m (ḍabʕ) Hijazi Arabic: ضَبْع m (ḍabʕ) Moroccan Arabic: ضبع m (ḍbaʕ) Armenian: բորենի (hy) (boreni) Asturian: hiena (ast) f Azerbaijani: kaftar (az) Barein: búlmí Bari: gworong Bashkir: һыртлан (hırtlan) Basque: hiena (eu) Belarusian: гіе́на f (hijéna) Bengali: হায়েনা (bn) (haẏena) Bulgarian: хие́на (bg) f (hiéna) Burmese: ဟိုင်းအီနာ (huing:ina) Catalan: hiena (ca) f Cerma: maamuŋo Chichewa: fisi Chinese: Mandarin: 鬣狗 (zh) (liègǒu); (dated) 海乙那 (hǎiyǐnà) Coptic: ϩⲉⲓϯ (heiti), ϩⲱⲓϯ (hōiti) Czech: hyena (cs) f Dagbani: kunduŋ Danish: hyæne (da) c Dime: nayi Dutch: hyena (nl) f Egyptian: hṯt Esperanto: hieno Estonian: hüään (et) Finnish: hyeena (fi) French: hyène (fr) f Friulian: jene f Galician: hiena (gl) f Ge'ez: ዝእብ (zəʾb) Georgian: აფთარი (ka) (aptari) German: Hyäne (de) f Greek: ύαινα (el) f (ýaina) Ancient: γλάνος m (glános), ὕαινα f (húaina) Gwere: mpiti Hausa: kūrā (ha) Hebrew: צָבוֹעַ (he) m (tsavóa) Hindi: लकड़बग्घा (hi) m (lakaṛbagghā), तरच्छ (taracch) Hungarian: hiéna (hu) Icelandic: híena f, hýena f Igbo: nkịta ọhịa Indonesian: dubuk (id) Irish: hiéana m Italian: iena (it) f Japanese: ハイエナ (ja) (haiena), 鬣犬 (ja) (たてがみいぬ, tategamiinu) Kannada: ಕತ್ತೆಕಿರುಬ (kn) (kattekiruba) Karang: mgburum Kazakh: қорқау (qorqau) Khmer: (please verify) សត្វស្វាន (sat svaan) Kikuyu: hiti class 9/10 Korean: 하이에나 (ko) (haiena) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: کەمتیار (kemtyar) Northern Kurdish: keftar (ku) f Kyrgyz: гиена (ky) (giyena), көкжал (kökjal) Lao: ຫມາໃນ (mā nai), ໝາໄນ (lo) (mā nai), ສຸນັກໄນ (su nak nai) Latin: hyaena (la) f Latvian: hiēna f Lithuanian: hiena f Maasai: olng'ojine m Macedonian: хие́на f (hiéna) Magahi: 𑂍𑂳𑂞𑂪𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂚 (kutlākāṛ) Malay: dubuk, hiena Malayalam: കഴുതപ്പുലി (ml) (kaḻutappuli) Maltese: jena f Mandinka: suluwo Marathi: तरस (taras) Middle English: hiene Mongolian: Cyrillic: цөөвөр чоно (cöövör čono) Nandi: kimaket Njyem: bʉʉ Nkonya: ɔkpataku Norwegian: Bokmål: hyene m Nuer: yak Nupe: màkundunnu Old English: nihtgenġe f Oromo: waraabessa Ottoman Turkish: صرتلان (sırtlan) Pashto: اښوپړانګ m (ax̌opṛãng), کوږ m (koẓ), کوږبل m (koẓbǝ́l) Persian: کفتار (fa) (kaftâr) Piedmontese: jen-a f Polish: hiena (pl) f Portuguese: hiena (pt) f Rendille: waraba Romanian: hienă (ro) f, hiene pl Russian: гие́на (ru) f (gijéna) Sanskrit: तरक्षु (sa) (tarakṣu) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хије́на f Roman: hijéna (sh) f Sidamo: goto Slovak: hyena (sk) f Slovene: hijena (sl) f Somali: waraabe (so) Spanish: hiena (es) f Swahili: fisi (sw) class 9/10 Swedish: hyena (sv) c Tagalog: yena Tajik: кафтор (kaftor) Tamil: கழுதைப்புலி (ta) (kaḻutaippuli) Tashelhit: ⵉⴼⵉⵙ m (ifis) Tatar: сыртлан (tt) (sırtlan) Tedaga: zoor Telugu: దుమ్ములగొండి (te) (dummulagoṇḍi) Thai: หมาใน (th) (mǎa-nai), ไฮยีน่า (hai-yii-nâa) Tooro: empisi class 9 Tswana: phiri class 9/10 Turkish: sırtlan (tr) Turkmen: syrtlan Uduk: nyùrúny Ukrainian: гіє́на f (hijéna) Urdu: لکر بگھا m (lakaṛ bagghā) Uyghur: سىرتلان (sirtlan), سرتلان (srtlan) Uzbek: sirtlon (uz) Vietnamese: linh cẩu Volapük: hüen (vo) Walloon: iyinne (wa) f Welsh: udfil m, hiena f Wolof: bukki bi (wo) Yiddish: היענע f (hyene), צָבוֹעַ (Tsovoa) Yoruba: ìkòrikò, ìkookò, kòrikò Zazaki: keftal Zulu: impisi (zu) class 9/10

See also

• aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)

Anagrams

• Haney, Hayne

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

hyena

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪjɛna]

• Audio:

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Noun

hyena f

1. hyena (large carnivore)

Declension

Declension of hyena (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	hyena	hyeny
genitive	hyeny	hyen
dative	hyeně	hyenám
accusative	hyenu	hyeny
vocative	hyeno	hyeny
locative	hyeně	hyenách
instrumental	hyenou	hyenami

Related terms

• hyenismus
• hyení

Further reading

• “hyena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hyena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦiˈjeːnaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hy‧e‧na

Noun

hyena f (plural hyena's, diminutive hyenaatje n)

1. hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae

Derived terms

• bruine hyena
• gestreepte hyena
• gevlekte hyena
• hyenahond

Italian

Noun

hyena f (plural hyene)

1. (obsolete) alternative spelling of iena

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

hyena

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

hyena c

1. hyena

   skrattande hyenor

   laughing hyenas

Declension

Declension of hyena

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hyena	hyenas
	definite	hyenan	hyenans
plural	indefinite	hyenor	hyenors
	definite	hyenorna	hyenornas

See also

• hund
• hynda

References

• hyena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hyena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hyena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)