pysanka

• pisanka

Borrowed from Ukrainian пи́санка (pýsanka), from писа́ти (pysáty, “to write”), referring to writing on an egg with a stylus in a wax-resist dyeing process, from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, related to *pьstrъ (“feathered”), + feminine ending -ка (-ka).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪsəŋkə/
• Hyphenation: pys‧an‧ka

pysanka (plural pysankas or pysanky)

1. (Canada) A hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.

• Ukrainian Easter egg

• Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982–2012), “писати”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kiev: Naukova Dumka

• Paykans