baždar
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Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to bádža.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bàždār m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀жда̄р)
- measurer, surveyor
- Synonym: merač
- revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
- Synonym: carinik
- measuring device
- Synonym: merač
- measuring, surveying
Declension[edit]
Declension of baždar
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “baždar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127