baždar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to bádža.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎʒdaːr/
• Hyphenation: baž‧dar

Noun

bàždār m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀жда̄р)

1. measurer, surveyor

   Synonym: merač

2. revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")

   Synonym: carinik

3. measuring device

   Synonym: merač

4. measuring, surveying

Declension

Declension of baždar

	singular	plural
nominative	bàždār	baždari
genitive	baždára	baždara
dative	baždaru	baždarima
accusative	baždara	baždare
vocative	baždaru / baždare	baždari
locative	baždaru	baždarima
instrumental	baždarem / baždarom	baždarima

Derived terms

• bàždarica
• bàždarkinja
• baždàrina

References

• “baždar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127