бадава

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish بداوا (bedâva) (Turkish bedava), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian باد هوا (bâd-e havâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /badǎʋa/
• Hyphenation: ба‧да‧ва

Adverb

бада̀ва (Latin spelling badàva)

1. free, gratis
2. very inexpensive
3. in vain
4. (as an intensifier) indeed, really

Synonyms

• џаба
• (for free) бесплатно
• (in vain) узалуд

References

• “бадава” in Hrvatski jezični portal