pysanka

English

Alternative forms

pisanka

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian пи́санка (pýsanka), from писа́ти (pysáty, “to write”), referring to writing on an egg with a stylus in a wax-resist dyeing process, from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, related to *pьstrъ (“feathered”), + feminine ending -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪsəŋkə/
Hyphenation: pys‧an‧ka

Noun

pysanka (plural pysankas or pysanky)

A hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.

Synonyms

Ukrainian Easter egg

Translations

Easter egg decorated with intricate designs

Belarusian: пі́санка f (písanka)
Bulgarian: пи́сано яйце́ n (písano jajcé)
Czech: kraslice (cs) n
Hungarian: hímestojás
Polish: pisanka (pl) f
Portuguese: pêssanka f
Russian: пи́санка (ru) f (písanka)
Rusyn: крашанка f (krašanka), писанка f (pysanka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пѝсаница f
Roman: pìsanica (sh) f
Ukrainian: пи́санка f (pýsanka)

References

Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “писати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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