баждар

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar) (Turkish 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 (Latin spelling bàždār)

  1. measurer, surveyor
  2. revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
  3. measuring device
  4. measuring, surveying

Declension

Derived terms

  • ба̀ждарица
  • ба̀ждаркиња
  • бажда̀рина

References

  • баждар” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 127
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