budža

See also: budza, budzã, and budzą

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: bu‧dža
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

búdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)

1. (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
2. (regional, obsolete) pit
3. (regional, obsolete) prison
4. a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig

Declension

Declension of budža

	singular	plural
nominative	budža	budže
genitive	budže	budža
dative	budži	budžama
accusative	budžu	budže
vocative	budžo	budže
locative	budži	budžama
instrumental	budžom	budžama

References

• “budža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025