budža

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

  • IPA(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧dža
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

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
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