бимбаша

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیڭباشی (biñbaşı, “lieutenant colonel”), from بیڭ (biñ, “thousand”) + باش (baş, “head”) – ”one who is the head of a group of thousand”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bîmbaʃa/
Hyphenation: бим‧ба‧ша

Noun edit

би̏мбаша m (Latin spelling bȉmbaša)

(regional) centurion
Synonym: ти̏сућнîк / ти̏сутњîк

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