абаджия

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عباجی (abacı). By surface analysis, аба́ (abá) +‎ -джи́я (-džíja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbɐˈdʒijɐ]

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Noun

абаджи́я • (abadžíja) m (feminine абаджи́йка, relational adjective абаджи́йски)

1. male weaver of frieze (the cloth), male dealer in frieze (the cloth)
2. male tailor

Declension

Declension of абаджи́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	абаджи́я abadžíja	абаджи́и abadžíi
definite	абаджи́ята abadžíjata	абаджи́ите abadžíite
vocative form	абаджи́йо abadžíjo	абаджи́и abadžíi

Derived terms

• абаджи́йство (abadžíjstvo)
• абаджилъ́к (abadžilǎ́k)

Further reading

• “абаджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “абаджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аба̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 1
• “абаджѝя”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15