баждар
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to ба́џа.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎʒdaːr/
- Hyphenation: баж‧дар
Noun
ба̀жда̄р m anim (Latin spelling bàždār)
- measurer, surveyor
- revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
- measuring device
- measuring, surveying
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ба̀жда̄р | баждари |
| genitive | бажда́ра | баждара |
| dative | баждару | баждарима |
| accusative | баждара | баждаре |
| vocative | баждару / баждаре | баждари |
| locative | баждару | баждарима |
| instrumental | баждарем / баждаром | баждарима |
Derived terms
- ба̀ждарица
- ба̀ждаркиња
- бажда̀рина
References
- “баждар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127