bešika

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian bășică, from Italian vescica, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běʃika/
• Hyphenation: be‧ši‧ka

Noun

bèšika f (Cyrillic spelling бѐшика)

1. (anatomy, regional, Bosnia, Serbia) the urinary bladder [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: mȅhūr, mjȅhūr

2. (zoology) a flexible sac in fish that can expand and contract and that holds air; swimming bladder [from 18th c.]
3. cradle [from 20th c.]