баждар

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to ба́џа.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎʒdaːr/
• Hyphenation: баж‧дар

Noun

ба̀жда̄р m (Latin spelling bàždār)

1. measurer, surveyor
2. revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
3. measuring device
4. measuring, surveying

Declension

Declension of баждар

	singular	plural
nominative	ба̀жда̄р	баждари
genitive	бажда́ра	баждара
dative	баждару	баждарима
accusative	баждара	баждаре
vocative	баждару / баждаре	баждари
locative	баждару	баждарима
instrumental	баждарем / баждаром	баждарима

Derived terms

• ба̀ждарица
• ба̀ждаркиња
• бажда̀рина

References

• “баждар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127