budža

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See also: budza, budzã, and budzą

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, cistern, well; pit, fosse).

Pronunciation

Noun

búdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)

  1. (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
  2. (regional, obsolete) pit
  3. (regional, obsolete) prison
  4. a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig

Declension

References

  • budža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024