pajda

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See also: Pajda, pajdą, and Pajdą

Polish

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Ukrainian пайда́ (pajdá), from Ottoman Turkish پایداش (paydaş, parter, sharer), from پای (pay, share, portion).

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ajda
  • Syllabification: paj‧da
  • Homophone: Pajda

Noun

pajda f (diminutive pajdka)

  1. (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