pah

See also: PAH

English

Etymology 1

Imitative of spitting out something disgusting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Interjection

pah

1. Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.

   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Spectre Bridegroom:

     She was rarely suffered out of their sight; never went beyond the domains of the castle, unless well attended, or, rather, well watched; had continual lectures read to her about strict decorum and implicit obedience; and, as to the men—pah! she was taught to hold them at such distance and distrust that, unless properly authorized, she would not have cast a glance upon the handsomest cavalier in the world—no, not if he were even dying at her feet.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:yuck

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Homophones: pa; par (non-rhotic); paw (cot–caught merger)

Noun

pah (plural pahs)

1. Dated form of pa (“Maori fort”).

See also

• oom-pah, oompah

Anagrams

• AHP, HAP, PHA, Pha, hap

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pauja, from Proto-Indo-European *pouǐo. Compare Armenian հոգի (hogi, “breath”).

Noun

pah m

1. scab, dust

Related terms

• pluhur

Cahuilla

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi.

Numeral

páh

1. three

Finnish

Etymology

Compare French bah. Possibly reinforced by paha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑh/, [ˈpɑ̝h]
• Rhymes: -ɑh
• Syllabification^(key): pah

Interjection

pah

1. bah

Further reading

• “pah”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of pah – see 百 (“hundred; numerous; countless; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 百).

Pawnee

1. Alternative form of paa (“moon”)

Pohnpeian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɐː/
• Rhymes: -ɐː

Numeral

pah

1. four

Uab Meto

Noun

pah

1. country

Zou

Pah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʔ˧/

Noun

pah

1. lily

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45