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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
крџалија • (krdžalija) m (plural крџалии)
- (usually in the plural, historical) deserter from the Ottoman army turned brigand
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قیرجه علی (Kırca Ali), a city in eastern Rumelia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kr̂d͡ʒalija/
- Hyphenation: кр‧џа‧ли‧ја
Noun
кр̏џалија m (Latin spelling kȑdžalija)
- Turkish hajduk during the XVIII and XIX centuries.
Declension
References
- “крџалија”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024