balija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From an Ottoman Turkish personal name (Turkish Bāli), from Arabic بَالِي (bālī, “worn, threadbare, antiquated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlija/
• Hyphenation: ba‧li‧ja

Noun

bàlija m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лија)

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) a Bosniak or a person of Bosniak descent

Declension

Declension of balija

	singular	plural
nominative	bàlija	balije
genitive	balije	bȁlījā
dative	baliji	balijama
accusative	baliju	balije
vocative	balijo	balije
locative	baliji	balijama
instrumental	balijom	balijama