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English
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian tobelija.
Noun
tobelija (plural tobelijas)
- (rare) A sworn virgin.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tobělija/
- Hyphenation: to‧be‧li‧ja
Noun
tobèlija f (Cyrillic spelling тобѐлија)
- a sworn virgin
- Synonyms: muškòbanja, muškara
References
- “tobelija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024