pailán

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from the personal name Paio, from Latin Pelagius.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pajˈlaŋ/, /pɛjˈlao̯/

Noun[edit]

pailán m (plural pailáns, feminine pailana, feminine plural pailanas)

  1. a rustic, uneducated person
    Synonyms: badoco, paiolo, pailaroco

Derived terms[edit]

  • pailanada (“a shortsighted action or proposition”)
  • pailaroco (“rustic, simple person”)

Adjective[edit]

pailán (feminine pailana, masculine plural pailáns, feminine plural pailanas)

  1. rustic, uneducated, parochial

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. pailán..
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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