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: badoco, paiolo, pailaroco

Derived terms

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

Adjective

pailán (feminine 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..
Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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