баџа

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbad͡ʒa]

Noun

баџа • (badža) f (plural баџи)

1. chimney

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ба‧џа
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

ба̀џа f (Latin spelling bàdža) or ба́џа f (Latin spelling bádža)

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

Declension

Declension of баџа

	singular	plural
nominative	баџа	баџе
genitive	баџе	баџа
dative	баџи	баџама
accusative	баџу	баџе
vocative	баџо	баџе
locative	баџи	баџама
instrumental	баџом	баџама

Derived terms

• баџѐњача / баџѐгњача

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ба‧џа

Noun

ба́џа f (Latin spelling bádža)

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

Declension

Declension of баџа

	singular	plural
nominative	баџа	баџе
genitive	баџе	баџа
dative	баџи	баџама
accusative	баџу	баџе
vocative	баџо	баџе
locative	баџи	баџама
instrumental	баџом	баџама

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• ба̏џ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ба‧џа

Noun

ба́џа f (Latin spelling bádža)

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

Declension

Declension of баџа

	singular	plural
nominative	баџа	баџе
genitive	баџе	баџа
dative	баџи	баџама
accusative	баџу	баџе
vocative	баџо	баџе
locative	баџи	баџама
instrumental	баџом	баџама

References

• “баџа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “баџа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “баџа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 110

Anagrams

• џаба