гайда

Bulgarian

Овча гайда

Etymology

Wanderword probably from Ladino, cognate with modern Spanish gaita, Basque gaita, Portuguese gaita. Loaned also into Macedonian гајда (gajda), Serbo-Croatian га̑јде pl, Greek γκάιντα (gkáinta), Turkish gayda, Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa).

False cognate with native Bulgarian га́я pf (gája), га́кам pf (gákam), га́ювам impf (gájuvam, to squawk, to caw) (dialectal, of onomatopoeic origin) and further with Lithuanian gáida (melody).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡajdə]

Noun

га́йда (gájda) f (related adjective га́йден, diminutive гайди́ца)

  1. bagpipe

Declension

Derived terms

  • гайда́р (gajdár, bagpipe player)
  • гайдуни́ца (gajduníca), гайдени́ца (gajdeníca, bagpipe's chanter)

References

  • гайда in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • гайда in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), هایدی (haydi).

Interjection

гайда (hajda)

  1. come on, c'mon
  2. let's ...

Etymology 2

See Bulgarian га́йда (gájda).

Noun

га́йда (hájda) f inan (genitive га́йди, nominative plural га́йди, genitive plural гайд)

  1. a Bulgarian/Serbian/Polish bagpipe
Declension

Etymology 3

From English hide.

Noun

га́йда (hájda) f inan (genitive га́йди, nominative plural га́йди, genitive plural гайд)

  1. (historical) hide (a unit of land and tax assessment of varying size in Middle Ages England)
Declension

References

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