budža
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well; pit, fosse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
búdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)
- (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
- (regional, obsolete) pit
- (regional, obsolete) prison
- a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig
Declension edit
Declension of budža
References edit
- “budža” in Hrvatski jezični portal