paj

paj (uncountable)

1. A lighter form of pongee silk.

• AJP, JAP, JPA, Jap, Jap., PJA, jap

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

• IPA^(key): /paj/

paj

1. crab

Inherited from Romani pani, from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

paj m

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

From French page (“page”).

• IPA^(key): /paʒ/

paj

1. page

paj

1. nest

Borrowed from French page.

• IPA^(key): /paʒ/

paj m (plural paji)

1. pageboy

• IPA^(key): /paj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Borrowed from English pie.

paj c

1. pie; a type of pastry

Back-formation from paja (“to break”), from Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”).

paj (comparative mer paj, superlative mest paj)

1. (colloquial) broken; not working

   Bilen är helt paj.

   The car is completely broken.

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

• pajdi, pajji (“dressed shabby”)
• pajja (“snowing”)
• pajnufta (“snus box”)
• skinnpaj (“leather jacket”)

• Arthur Thesleff (1912) Stockholms förbrytarspråk och lägre slang 1910–1912‎, page 72

• jap.

• paji, pani (Lovara)

Inherited from Romani pani, from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

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

• IPA^(key): /pa˥˧/

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").

paj

1. flower
2. floral pattern

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

paj

1. (colloquial, finance) interest.