буџа
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well; pit, fosse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
- Hyphenation: бу‧џа
- Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
Noun
бу́џа f (Latin spelling búdža)
- (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
- (regional, obsolete) pit
- (regional, obsolete) prison
- a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | буџа | буџе |
| genitive | буџе | буџа |
| dative | буџи | буџама |
| accusative | буџу | буџе |
| vocative | буџо | буџе |
| locative | буџи | буџама |
| instrumental | буџом | буџама |
References
- “буџа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025