paj
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paj (uncountable)
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Northern Jê *mbaj (“crab”).
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paj
Carpathian Romani edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Romani pani, from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).
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paj m
- (Burgenland) Synonym of pani (“water; sweat”)
Haitian Creole edit
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paj
Mokilese edit
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paj
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Romanian edit
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paj m (plural paji)
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Swedish edit
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paj c
- pie; a type of pastry
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | paj | pajen | pajer | pajerna |
Genitive | pajs | pajens | pajers | pajernas |
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Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from paja (“to break”), from Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”).
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paj (comparative mer paj, superlative mest paj)
- (colloquial) broken; not working
- Bilen är helt paj.
- The car is completely broken.
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paj c
- (Younger Månsing cant) jacket, formal (or formal casual) piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse
- Synonym: kavaj
- (Younger Månsing cant) snow
- Synonym: snö
- (slang) snus
- Synonym: snus
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References edit
- Arthur Thesleff (1912) Stockholms förbrytarspråk och lägre slang 1910–1912[1], page 72
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Romani pani, from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).
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paj m
- (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) water
- (Banatiski Gurbet, Lovara) lake
- (Gurbet, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi) river
- (Kalderaš) body of water
- (Kalderaš) liquid
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bi̯aŋ. Cognate with Green Hmong paaj, Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] beinx, Iu Mien biangh. Alternatively, could be borrowed from Burmese ပန်း (pan:) ("flower").
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Etymology 2 edit
A calque of clipping Thai ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia) ("flower"), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, “flower”) + เบี้ย (bîia, “money”).
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