коджа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوجه (koca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈdʒa̟]

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• Hyphenation^(key): ко‧джа

Adjective

коджа́ • (kodžá) (indeclinable) (colloquial)

1. quite big, large

   Synonym: голя́м (goljám)

2. quite a lot of, quite a few

   Synonym: до́ста (dósta)

   коджа́ пари́ ― kodžá parí ― quite a lot of money

Related terms

• ко́скоджа́ (kóskodžá)

References

• “коджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коджа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 516
• “коджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010