kavga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish غوغا (ğavğa, kavga), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian غوغا (ğouğâ, ğavğâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːʋɡa/
• Hyphenation: kav‧ga

Noun

kȃvga f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑вга)

1. quarrel
2. brawl, fight, trouble

Declension

Declension of kavga

	singular	plural
nominative	kȃvga	kavge
genitive	kavge	kȃvgā / kȃvgī
dative	kavgi	kavgama
accusative	kavgu	kavge
vocative	kavgo	kavge
locative	kavgi	kavgama
instrumental	kavgom	kavgama

Derived terms

• kȁvgadžija, kàvgāš (“troublemaker”)

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian غوغا (ğouğâ, ğavğâ).

Noun

kavga

1. brawl
2. quarrel
3. dispute
4. conflict
5. feud

Further reading

• “kavga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu