budža
See also: budzã
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well; pit, fosse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
búdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)
- (regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
- (regional, obsolete) pit
- (regional, obsolete) prison
- a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig
Declension
Declension of budža
References
- “budža” in Hrvatski jezični portal