Odia/Animals

A general feature in Odia is the adding of 2 prefixes to names of animals to signify their biological sex - ଅଣ୍ଡିରା (Anḍira) is used for male counterparts, while ମାଈ (Māi) is used for the female counterparts.

Another popular way is to add a suffix -ଣୀ (-ṇi) after the names of general animal names to signify their female counterparts. Here, the biologically male counterparts are understood to have the same name as that of the animal itself.

A succint list of wild and domestic animals is given below in both English and Odia :