badža

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish باجه‎ (baca) (Turkish baca (“chimney”), from Persian باجه‎ (bāja, “a big opening, window”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧dža

Noun

bàdža f (Cyrillic spelling ба̀џа) or bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

  1. (regional) opening on roof or wall (for smoke or light)
  2. (regional) chimney
Declension
Declension of badža
singular plural
nominative badža badže
genitive badže badža
dative badži badžama
accusative badžu badže
vocative badžo badže
locative badži badžama
instrumental badžom badžama
Derived terms
  • badžènjača / badžègnjača

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish باجی‎ (bacı) (Turkish bacı (“sister; old housemaid”)). Akin to badžikàduna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧dža

Noun

bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

  1. (regional) an elderly, poor woman
  2. (regional) an old housemaid or a cook
Declension
Declension of badža
singular plural
nominative badža badže
genitive badže badža
dative badži badžama
accusative badžu badže
vocative badžo badže
locative badži badžama
instrumental badžom badžama

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish باج‎ (bâc) (Turkish bâc), from Persian باژ‎ (bâž, “tribute, toll, duty”). Akin to bàždār (“measurer, surveyor”).

Alternative forms
  • bȁdž

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧dža

Noun

bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

  1. (historical, regional) tribute, toll, duty
Declension
Declension of badža
singular plural
nominative badža badže
genitive badže badža
dative badži badžama
accusative badžu badže
vocative badžo badže
locative badži badžama
instrumental badžom badžama

References
  • “badža” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “badža” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “badža” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 110
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