кошарка

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔʃarka]

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кошарка • (košarka) f

1. basketball

• кошаркар m (košarkar), кошаркарка f (košarkarka)
• кошаркарски (košarkarski)

• кош m (koš)

• кошар m (košar)
• кошара f (košara)
• кошаре n (košare)
• кошарина f (košarina)

• “кошарка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

From кошара (“basket”), as a direct calque of English basketball. Likely 1940s in origin, as earlier news publications use the transcribed term баскетбал (cf. German Basketball), sometimes hyphenated, instead.

• IPA^(key): /kǒʃaːrka/
• Hyphenation: ко‧шар‧ка

ко̀ша̄рка f (Latin spelling kòšārka)

1. (sports) basketball

The term "basket", similarly to many other European languages, is an informal nickname for basketball, particularly 3-on-3 streetball games. The official FIBA 3X3 game is often referred to as "basket" by local media, due to its association with streetball.

• (dated) баскетбал
• (informal) баскет

• “кошарка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025