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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish koskoca, an emphatic form of koca. See Turkish koskocaman for another example of such an emphatic construction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Syllabification(key): ко‧ско‧джа
- Hyphenation(key): кос‧ко‧джа
Adjective
ко́скоджа́ • (kóskodžá) (indeclinable) (colloquial)
- too big; quite big
- (of people, usually as коскоджамити) grown-up, adult
- Ко́скоджа́ мъж, мама още го пере. ― Kóskodžá mǎž, mama ošte go pere. ― A grown man, yet his mom still does his laundry.
Adverb
ко́скоджа́ • (kóskodžá) (not comparable) (colloquial)
- too much; quite a lot
- Има ко́скоджа́ неща в торбата. ― Ima kóskodžá nešta v torbata. ― There's too much stuff in the bag.
References
- “коскоджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “коскоджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010