kavga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غوغا (ğavğa, kavga), from Persian غوغا (ğowğâ, 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”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوغا (kavga), from غوغا (gavga), from Persian غوغا (ğowğâ, ğavğâ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kavga

1. brawl

   Synonym: dövüş

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

Derived terms

• kavgacı

Further reading

• “kavga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kavga”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN