коскоджа

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish koskoca, an emphatic form of koca. See Turkish koskocaman for another example of such an emphatic construction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔskoˈdʒa̟]
  • Syllabification(key): ко‧ско‧джа
  • Hyphenation(key): кос‧ко‧джа

Adjective

ко́скоджа́ • (kóskodžá) (indeclinable) (colloquial)

  1. too big; quite big
  2. (of people, usually as коскоджамити) grown-up, adult
    Ко́скоджа́ мъж, мама още го пере.Kóskodžá mǎž, mama ošte go pere.A grown man, yet his mom still does his laundry.

Adverb

ко́скоджа́ • (kóskodžá) (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. too much; quite a lot
    Има ко́скоджа́ неща в торбата.Ima kóskodžá nešta v torbata.There's too much stuff in the bag.

References

  • коскоджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • коскоджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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