paska

Meaning

Noun

  • A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.
  • Alternative of paskha

Origin

  • From Ukrainian па́ска and Russian па́ска, borrowing from Ancient Greek πάσκα, phonetic variant of πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח. Pesach.

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