pailán

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from the personal name Paio, from Latin Pelagius.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pajˈlaŋ/, /pɛjˈlao̯/

Noun

pailán m (plural pailáns, feminine pailana, feminine plural pailanas)

a rustic, uneducated person
Synonyms: paiolo, pailaroco

Derived terms

pailanada (“a shortsighted action or proposition”)
pailaroco (“rustic, simple person”)

Adjective

pailán m (feminine singular pailana, masculine plural pailáns, feminine plural pailanas)

rustic, uneducated, parochial

References

"pailan" in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“pailán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“pailán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. pailán..
Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. payo.

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