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False cognate with native onomatopoeiae Bulgarianга(ga) / га-га(ga-ga)(cawing, groaning sound), га́камpf(gákam), га́ювамimpf(gájuvam, “to squawk, to caw”) and further with Lithuaniangáida(“melody”).
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гайда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 452
Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “гайда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN