paj

See also: рај

English

Noun

paj (uncountable)

1. A lighter form of pongee silk.

Anagrams

• AJP, JAP, JPA, Jap, Jap., PJA, jap

Canela

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paj/

Noun

paj

1. crab

Carpathian Romani

Noun

paj m

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French page (“page”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʒ/

Noun

paj

1. page

Mokilese

Noun

paj

1. nest

Possessive forms

Possessive forms of paj (third person singular only)

singular third person possessor	pajin
construct form	pajin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French page.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʒ/

Noun

paj m (plural paji)

1. pageboy

Declension

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pie. First attested in 1761.

Noun

paj c

1. pie; a type of pastry

   Synonym: (archaic) pastej

Declension

Declension of paj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	paj	pajs
	definite	pajen	pajens
plural	indefinite	pajer	pajers
	definite	pajerna	pajernas

Derived terms

• blåbärspaj
• hallonpaj
• matpaj
• pajdeg
• rabarberpaj
• smulpaj
• västerbottenpaj
• äppelpaj

 

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

paj (comparative mer paj, superlative mest paj)

1. (colloquial) broken; not working

   Bilen är helt paj.

   The car is completely broken.

Etymology 3

Noun

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

Derived terms

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

References

• Arthur Thesleff (1912) Stockholms förbrytarspråk och lägre slang 1910–1912‎^[2], page 72

Anagrams

• jap.

Vlax Romani

Alternative forms

• paji, pani (Lovara)

Noun

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

Derived terms

• baro paj
• bršindesko paj
• džal e pajese
• džal pajese
• pajalo
• pajano
• pajaslo
• pajastalo
• pajesko
• pajořo
• pimasko paj
• sastralo paj
• šuklo paj

 

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa˥˧/

Etymology 1

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").

Noun

paj

1. flower
2. floral pattern

Etymology 2

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

Noun

paj

1. (colloquial, finance) interest.