чорбаджия

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوربه‌جی / چورباجی (çorbacı, a military rank of the Janissaries, literally soup cook). Equivalent to чорба (čorba, soup) +‎ -джия (-džija). Cognate to Macedonian чорбаџија (čorbadžija) and Greek τσορμπατζής (tsormpatzís).

Pronunciation

Noun

чорбаджи́я (čorbadžíjam (feminine чорбаджи́йка)

  1. (archaic) rich man, large owner in the Ottoman Empire
  2. (colloquial) rich man, master

Declension

References

  • чорбаджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чорбаджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010