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pay

Pronunciation: [paj]

“pay” is a Turkish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. portion
  2. numerator

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پای (pay), which comes from Western Turkish pay. The word has Turkic roots. Although it is claimed that the word comes from Persian "پاى" (pāy, which means foot), the respective Persian word has no meaning for "distribution" and rather dubious.

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