amidža

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • midža

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عموجه (amuca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎmid͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧dža
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

àmidža m anim (Cyrillic spelling а̀миџа)

  1. (regional, rare, Bosnia) uncle (father's brother)
    Synonyms: strȋc, čiča, dundo

Further reading

  • “amidža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Isaković, Alija (1993) “amidža”, in Rječnik karakteristične leksike u bosanskome jeziku [Dictionary of characteristic words of the Bosnian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Wuppertal: Bambi, →ISBN, page 50
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