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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)

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

Declension

Declension of чорбаджи́я
singular plural
indefinite чорбаджи́я
čorbadžíja 		чорбаджи́и
čorbadžíi
definite чорбаджи́ята
čorbadžíjata 		чорбаджи́ите
čorbadžíite
vocative form чорбаджи́, чорбаджи́йо
čorbadží, čorbadžíjo 		чорбаджи́и
čorbadžíi

References

  • “чорбаджия”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “чорбаджия”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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