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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From bašča, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bâğçe), from Persian باغچه (bâğče), diminutive of باغ (bâğ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎːʃta/
- Hyphenation: ба‧шта
Noun
ба́шта f (Latin spelling bášta)
- (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Serbia) garden
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hungarian bástya, from Middle High German bastie, from Old French bastie, feminine singular past participle of bastir. Compare German Bastei, French bâtir.
Noun
башта f (Latin spelling bašta)
- bastion
Declension
References
- ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, 1971, Z., p. 119
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from either Czech bašta or Polish baszta, in turn from Italian bastia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ба́шта • (bášta) f inan (genitive ба́шти, nominative plural ба́шти, genitive plural башт)
- tower
- Synonym: ве́жа (véža)
- (figuratively, colloquial) head (body part)
- Synonym: голова́ (holová)
- (military) turret (armoured gun on a vehicle)
Declension
Declension of ба́шта (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References