badža

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجه (baca, “chimney”), from Persian باجه (bâja, “a big opening, window”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎd͡ʒa/, /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧dža
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

bàdža or bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба̀џа or ба́џа)

1. (regional) opening on roof or wall (for smoke or light)
2. (regional) chimney

Declension

Declension of badža

	singular	plural
nominative	badža	badže
genitive	badže	badža
dative	badži	badžama
accusative	badžu	badže
vocative	badžo	badže
locative	badži	badžama
instrumental	badžom	badžama

Derived terms

• badžènjača / badžègnjača

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجی (bacı, “sister; old housemaid”). Akin to badžikàduna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧dža

Noun

bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

1. (regional) an elderly, poor woman
2. (regional) an old housemaid or a cook

Declension

Declension of badža

	singular	plural
nominative	badža	badže
genitive	badže	badža
dative	badži	badžama
accusative	badžu	badže
vocative	badžo	badže
locative	badži	badžama
instrumental	badžom	badžama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باج (bâc), from Persian باژ (bâž, “tribute, toll, duty”). Akin to bàždār (“measurer, surveyor”).

Alternative forms

• bȁdž

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧dža

Noun

bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

1. (historical, regional) tribute, toll, duty

Declension

Declension of badža

	singular	plural
nominative	badža	badže
genitive	badže	badža
dative	badži	badžama
accusative	badžu	badže
vocative	badžo	badže
locative	badži	badžama
instrumental	badžom	badžama

References

• “badža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “badža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “badža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 110

Anagrams

• džaba