alt. sp. of pi-dog
pye-dog
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pye-dog
noun
See pariah dog.
Origin of pye-dog
Perhaps from Hindi pāhī peasant who lives in one village and cultivates land in another from Hindi dialectal pāh variant of Hindi pās nearby from Prakrit pāsa-, passa- side from Sanskrit pārśvam side from parśuh rib Avestan pərəsu- rib Persian pahlū sideTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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