комшија

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

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Noun

комшија (komšijam (feminine комшика or комшивка, relational adjective комшиски)

  1. (colloquial) neighbour
    Synonym: сосед (sosed)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒmʃija/
  • Hyphenation: ко̀м‧ши‧ја
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

ко̀мшија m (Latin spelling kòmšija, feminine ко̀мшиница)

  1. (regional in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia) neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
    Synonyms: су́сјед, су́сед
    Он је добар друг мог комшије.He is a good friend of my neighbour.

Usage notes

The preferred word in literary Croatian is су́сјед.

Declension

References

  • комшија”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024