baždar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to bádža.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎʒdaːr/
  • Hyphenation: baž‧dar

Noun

bàždār m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀жда̄р)

  1. measurer, surveyor
    Synonym: merač
  2. revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
    Synonym: carinik
  3. measuring device
    Synonym: merač
  4. measuring, surveying

Declension

Declension of baždar
singular plural
nominative bàždār baždari
genitive baždára baždara
dative baždaru baždarima
accusative baždara baždare
vocative baždaru / baždare baždari
locative baždaru baždarima
instrumental baždarem / baždarom baždarima

Derived terms

References

  • “baždar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127
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