bimbaša

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیڭباشی (biñbaşı, “lieutenant colonel”), from بیڭ (biñ, “thousand”) + باش (baş, “head”) – ”one who is the head of a group of thousand”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîmbaʃa/
• Hyphenation: bim‧ba‧ša

Noun

bȉmbaša m (Cyrillic spelling би̏мбаша)

1. (regional) centurion

   Synonym: tȉsućnîk / tȉsutnjîk

Declension

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