kavga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غوغا (ğavğa, kavga), from Persian غوغا (ğowğâ, ğavğâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kâːʋɡa/
  • Hyphenation: kav‧ga

Noun

kȃvga f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑вга)

  1. quarrel
  2. brawl, fight, trouble

Declension
Declension of kavga
singular plural
nominative kȃvga kavge
genitive kavge kȃvgā / kȃvgī
dative kavgi kavgama
accusative kavgu kavge
vocative kavgo kavge
locative kavgi kavgama
instrumental kavgom kavgama

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوغا (kavga), from غوغا (gavga), from Persian غوغا (ğowğâ, ğavğâ).

Pronunciation
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Noun

kavga

  1. brawl
    Synonym: dövüş
  2. quarrel
  3. dispute
  4. conflict
  5. feud

Derived terms
  • kavgacı

Further reading
  • “kavga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kavga”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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