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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوربهجی / چورباجی (çorbacı, a military rank of the Janissaries, literally “soup cook”). Cognate to Bulgarian чорбаджи́я (čorbadžíja) and Greek τσορμπατζής (tsormpatzís).
Pronunciation
Noun
чорбаџија • (čorbadžija) m (plural чорбаџии, relational adjective чорбаџиски)
- (archaic) rich man, master
- Synonyms: богаташ (bogataš), големец (golemec)
Declension