Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zawada

/zɑwˈɑdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
za-wa-da
IPA
/zɑwˈɑdə/
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Polish.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō Proto-Slavic *za Proto-Slavic *vaditi Proto-Slavic *zavaditi Proto-Slavic *-a Proto-Slavic *zavada Old Polish zawada Polish zawada Polish Zawadabor. English Zawada Borrowed from Polish Zawada.

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Questions

How do you pronounce zawada?
The recorded pronunciation is /zɑwˈɑdə/.
What does zawada mean?
A surname from Polish.
Where does zawada come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō Proto-Slavic *za Proto-Slavic *vaditi Proto-Slavic *zavaditi Proto-Slavic *-a Proto-Slavic *zavada Old Polish zawada Polish zawada Polish Zawadabor. English Zawada Borrowed from Polish Zawada.

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