буџа

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: бу‧џа

Noun

бу́џа f (Latin spelling búdža)

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

Declension
Declension of буџа
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
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