буџа

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: бу‧џа
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

бу́џа f (Latin spelling búdža)

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

Declension

Declension of буџа

	singular	plural
nominative	буџа	буџе
genitive	буџе	буџа
dative	буџи	буџама
accusative	буџу	буџе
vocative	буџо	буџе
locative	буџи	буџама
instrumental	буџом	буџама

References

• “буџа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024