Definitions For Pysanka

Noun

PYSANKA (plural s or pysanky) (Canada) A hand-decorated ukrainian easter egg with intricate designs.

Synonyms

Ukrainian Easter egg

Translations

Belarusian: пісанка, f Bulgarian: писано яйце, n Czech: kraslice, n Hungarian: hímestojás Polish: pisanka, f Portuguese: pêssanka, f Rusyn: крашанка, f, писанка, f Serbo-Croatian: pisanica, f

Alternative forms

pisanka

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, uk, пи́санка}}, from писа́ти, , to write, referring to writing on an egg with a stylus in a wax-resist dyeing process, from {{der, en, sla-pro, *pьsati}}, related to *pьstrъ, , feathered, + feminine ending -ка.

Anagrams

Paykans

Is Pysanka a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
17

The word Pysanka is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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