budža

See also: budza, budzã, and budzą

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب‎ (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ‎ (jubb, “cistern, well; pit, fosse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧dža
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

búdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)

  1. (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
  2. (regional, obsolete) pit
  3. (regional, obsolete) prison
  4. a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig

Declension
Declension of budža
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) budže
genitive budže Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
dative budži budžama
accusative budžu budže
vocative budžo budže
locative budži budžama
instrumental budžom budžama

References
  • “budža” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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