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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From an Ottoman Turkish personal name (Turkish Bāli), from Arabic بَالِي (bālī, “worn, threadbare, antiquated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎlija/
- Hyphenation: ба‧ли‧ја
Noun
ба̀лија m anim (Latin spelling bàlija)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) a Bosniak or a person of Bosniak descent
Declension