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Polish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Ukrainian пайда́ (pajdá), from Ottoman Turkish پایداش (paydaş, “parter, sharer”), from پای (pay, “share, portion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pajda f (diminutive pajdka)
- (colloquial or dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Far Masovian) doorstep (big slice of bread)
- Synonym: skiba
Declension
Further reading
- pajda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pajda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “pajda”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 306
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “pajda”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 118