tobelija

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian tobelija.

Noun

tobelija (plural tobelijas)

1. (rare) A sworn virgin.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tobělija/
• Hyphenation: to‧be‧li‧ja

Noun

tobèlija f (Cyrillic spelling тобѐлија)

1. a sworn virgin

   Synonyms: muškòbanja, muškara

References

• “tobelija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025