پایدوس

Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

پایدوست (paydost), پای دوست (pay dost)

Etymology edit

From Persian (pây) + (dôst), originally a command, then used with the light verb ایتمك (etmek), thereafter a noun.

Interjection edit

پایدوس • (paydos)

a cry used as a signal to workmen when the time comes to knock off work

Noun edit

پایدوس • (paydos)

cessation of work, recess, respite

Descendants edit

Turkish: paydos, paydoz, faydos, faydoz
→ Albanian: pajdós
→ Arabic:
North Levantine Arabic: فوداس (fôdās), فايدوس (fāydôs)

South Levantine Arabic: فيدوس (fēdūs), فدوس (fadūs)
→ Armenian: փայտօս (pʻaytōs), փա̈յդօսթ (pʻäydōstʻ); փայտօստ (pʻaytōst)
→ Aromanian: paidós
→ Bulgarian: па́йдос (pájdos)
→ Greek: πάϊντος (páïntos)
→ Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: paydos

Central Kurdish: پایدۆست (paydost, “armistice, truce”)
→ Ladino: paytós
→ Macedonian: пајдос (pajdos)
→ Romanian: paidós
→ Serbo-Croatian: pàjdos / па̀јдос

References edit

Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “paydos”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı, remarking that the traditional Greek etymologies are uncertain
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “paydos”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume IV, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3803, deriving from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis) with a question mark
Eyuboğlu, İsmet Zeki (1991) “paydos”, in Türk dilinin etimoloji sözlüğü [Etymological dictionary of the Turkish language] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Sosyal Yayınlar, page 263a
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “پایدوس”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 107a, spelling also as پای دوست and thus implying the Persian origin
“Türkisches Militär-Reglement. Kanun-name, d. i. militärisches Dienstreglement für die neuen türkischen Truppen. Gedruckt zu Constantinopel im Silkide 1244. (May 1829.) 189 Seiten in Quart”, in Leipziger Literaturzeitung‎^[2] (in German), number 16, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1830, column 125, where the military command is read paydüs and derived from German bei Fuß, which Zenker cites with reservation.
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “paydos”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2021-07-02, preferring a Greek origin
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پایدوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 437a, deriving from non-existent Greek *φάγετος (*fágetos, “feeding-time”)
Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “پایدوس”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 174a