budža
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBy metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well; pit, fosse”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbúdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)
- (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
- (regional, obsolete) pit
- (regional, obsolete) prison
- a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig
Declension
editDeclension of budža
References
edit- “budža” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Categories:
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Arabic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from the Arabic root ج ب ب
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Serbo-Croatian/d͡ʒa
- Rhymes:Serbo-Croatian/d͡ʒa/2 syllables
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Regional Serbo-Croatian
- Serbo-Croatian terms with obsolete senses
- sh:People
- sh:Prison
- sh:Weapons