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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 • (čorbadžíja) m (feminine чорбаджи́йка)
- (archaic) rich man, large owner in the Ottoman Empire
- (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