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paj

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See also: рај

Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Ipeka-Tapuia with j as a placeholder.

Symbol

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paj

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Ipeka-Tapuia.

English

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Noun

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paj (uncountable)

  1. A lighter form of pongee silk.

Anagrams

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Arin

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *bej (“wind”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paj (plural unknown)

  1. wind

References

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Further reading

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  • Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich (1968), “Материалы к срабнительно-исторической фонетике Енисейских языков. 1. Аринско-Енисейские соответствия”, in Ivanov, Vjacheslav Vselodovich, Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich, Uspenskij, Boris Andreevich, editors, Кетский Сборник 1: Лингвистика, Moscow: Nauka, page 289
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 122-123?
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 162

Canela

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Etymology

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From Proto-Northern Jê *mbaj (“crab”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paj

  1. crab

Carpathian Romani

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Noun

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paj m

  1. (Burgenland) synonym of pani (“water; sweat”)

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French page (“page”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paj

  1. page

References

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  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 142

Livonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *paju.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑˀj/, [ˈpɑˀi̯]

Noun

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pa’j

  1. willow (tree), Salix

Declension

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Declension of pa’j (122)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) pa’j pa’jd
genitive (genitīv) pa’j pa’jd
partitive (partitīv) pa’jjõ pa’jḑi
dative (datīv) pa’jjõn pa’jdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) pa’jjõks pa’jdõks
illative (illatīv) pa’jjõ pa’jži
inessive (inesīv) pa’jsõ pa’jši
elative (elatīv) pa’jstõ pa’jšti

References

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  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “pa’j”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Mokilese

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Noun

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paj

  1. nest

Possessive forms

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Possessive forms of paj (third person singular only)
singular third person possessor pajin
construct form pajin

References

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  • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[4], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 179

Romanian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French page.

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    Noun

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    paj m (plural paji)

    1. pageboy

    Declension

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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative paj pajul paji pajii
    genitive-dative paj pajului paji pajilor
    vocative pajule pajilor

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from English pie. First attested in 1761.[1]

    Noun

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    paj c

    1. pie; a type of pastry
      Synonym: (archaic) pastej
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    Etymology 2

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    Back-formation from paja (“to break”), from Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”); compare Sanskrit भग्न (bhagná, “broken”).

    Adjective

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    paj (comparative mer paj, superlative mest paj)

    1. (colloquial) broken; not working
      Bilen är helt paj.
      The car is completely broken.

    Etymology 3

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    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “The "jacket" sense is borrowed from Middle Low German pei, and related to Dutch pij (“cowl”). The "snus" sense isn't elaborated on further by SAOB - perhaps related to the "pie" sense somehow?”

    Noun

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    paj c

    1. (Younger Månsing cant) jacket, formal (or formal casual) piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse
      Synonym: kavaj
    2. (Younger Månsing cant) snow
      Synonym: snö
    3. (slang) snus
      Synonym: snus
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    References

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    1. ^ Johan Winbergs Kok-Bok, page 476[1]

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    Anagrams

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    Vlax Romani

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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    paj m

    1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) water
    2. (Banatiski Gurbet, Lovara) lake
    3. (Gurbet, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi) river
    4. (Kalderaš) body of water
    5. (Kalderaš) liquid

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    White Hmong

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bi̯aŋ. Cognate with Green Hmong paaj, Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] beinx, Iu Mien biangh.

    Noun

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    paj

    1. flower
    2. floral pattern

    Etymology 2

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    A clipping of a calque from Thai ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia, “interest”), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, “flower”) +‎ เบี้ย (bîia, “money”).

    Noun

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    paj

    1. (colloquial, finance) interest