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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قومشو (komşu, “neighbour”), older قونشو (konşu, “neighbour”), now Turkish komşu.
Pronunciation
Noun
комшија • (komšija) m (feminine комшика or комшивка, relational adjective комшиски)
- (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)
- (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