balija

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From an Ottoman Turkish personal name (Turkish Bāli), from Arabic بَالِي (bālī, worn, threadbare, antiquated).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎlija/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧li‧ja

Noun

bàlija m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лија)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) a Bosniak or a person of Bosniak descent

Declension