badža

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجه (baca, “chimney”), from Persian باجه (bâja, “a big opening, window”).

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧dža
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

bàdža or bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба̀џа or ба́џа)

1. (regional) opening on roof or wall (for smoke or light)
2. (regional) chimney

• badžènjača / badžègnjača

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجی (bacı, “sister; old housemaid”). Akin to badžikàduna.

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧dža

bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

1. (regional) an elderly, poor woman
2. (regional) an old housemaid or a cook

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باج (bâc), from Persian باژ (bâž, “tribute, toll, duty”). Akin to bàždār (“measurer, surveyor”).

• bȁdž

• IPA^(key): /bǎːd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧dža

bádža f (Cyrillic spelling ба́џа)

1. (historical, regional) tribute, toll, duty

• “badža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “badža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “badža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 110

• džaba