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paska

/ˈpɑskə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pas-ka
IPA
/ˈpɑskə/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.

Canadian usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of paskha.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ukrainian па́ска (páska) and Russian па́ска (páska), borrowing from Ancient Greek πάσκα (páska), phonetic variant of πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paskha, and Pesach.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: па́ска

Usage

Inflected Forms

paskas (plural)

Synonyms

kulich Russian Easter bread

Homonyms

paskha

Questions

How do you pronounce paska?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑskə/.
What does paska mean?
A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.
Where does paska come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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