mušterija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مشتری (müşteri), from Arabic (indefinite) مُشْتَرٍ (muštarin), (definite) المُشْتَرِي (al-muštarī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muʃtěrija/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧šte‧ri‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

muštèrija m (Cyrillic spelling муштѐрија)

  1. customer, buyer
    • 1986 February 4, Riblja Čorba (lyrics and music), “Amsterdam”:
      Tu kurave u izlozi sedu,
      ćutu, pušu, prolaznike gledu,
      sedu gole ili u negliže
      mušterije da im priđu bliže.
      Whores there sitting at the shop window,
      quietly smoking, watching the passers-by
      sitting naked or in négligée
      to make customers get closer to them.

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