baždar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to bádža.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎʒdaːr/
- Hyphenation: baž‧dar
Noun
bàždār m anim (Cyrillic spelling ба̀жда̄р)
- measurer, surveyor
- Synonym: merač
- revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
- Synonym: carinik
- measuring device
- Synonym: merač
- measuring, surveying
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bàždār | baždari |
| genitive | baždára | baždara |
| dative | baždaru | baždarima |
| accusative | baždara | baždare |
| vocative | baždaru / baždare | baždari |
| locative | baždaru | baždarima |
| instrumental | baždarem / baždarom | baždarima |
Derived terms
- bàždarica
- bàždarkinja
- baždàrina
References
- “baždar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127