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Etymology

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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).

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

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pysanka (plural pysankas or pysanky)

  1. A hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.

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

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