чорбаджия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوربه‌جی / چورباجی (çorbacı, a military rank of the Janissaries, literally “soup cook”). Equivalent to чорба (čorba, “soup”) +‎ -джия (-džija). Cognate to Macedonian чорбаџија (čorbadžija) and Greek τσορμπατζής (tsormpatzís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃo̟rbɐˈdʒijɐ]
• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

чорбаджи́я • (čorbadžíja) m (feminine чорбаджи́йка)

1. (archaic) rich man, large owner in the Ottoman Empire
2. (colloquial) rich man, master

Declension

Declension of чорбаджи́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	чорбаджи́я čorbadžíja	чорбаджи́и čorbadžíi
definite	чорбаджи́ята čorbadžíjata	чорбаджи́ите čorbadžíite
vocative form	чорбаджи́, чорбаджи́йо čorbadží, čorbadžíjo	чорбаджи́и čorbadžíi

References

• “чорбаджия”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чорбаджия”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010