paixà
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa).
Pronunciation
Noun
paixà m (plural paixàs)
- (historical) A pasha, a high-ranking Turkish officer during the Ottoman Empire.
Further reading
- “paixà”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “paixà”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “paixà” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “paixà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.