komšija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قومشو (komşu, “neighbour”), older قونشو (konşu, “neighbour”), now Turkish komşu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒmʃija/
• Hyphenation: kòm‧ši‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

kòmšija m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀мшија, feminine kòmšīnica)

1. (regional in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia) neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)

   Synonyms: súsjed, súsed

   On je dobar drug mog komšije. ― He is a good friend of my neighbour.

Usage notes

The preferred word in literary Croatian is súsjed.

Declension

Declension of komšija

	singular	plural
nominative	komšija	komšije
genitive	komšije	komšija
dative	komšiji	komšijama
accusative	komšiju	komšije
vocative	komšijo	komšije
locative	komšiji	komšijama
instrumental	komšijom	komšijama

Related terms

• komšiluk
• komšijka

References

• “komšija” in Hrvatski jezični portal