буџа

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, cistern, well; pit, fosse).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • буџа” in Hrvatski jezični portal