budža

See also: budza, budzã, and budzą

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

By metathesis from Ottoman Turkish جب (cübb), from Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well; pit, fosse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǔːd͡ʒa/
Hyphenation: bu‧dža
Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

búdža f (Cyrillic spelling бу́џа)

(regional, obsolete) cudgel, club
(regional, obsolete) pit
(regional, obsolete) prison
a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig

Declension

Declension of *budža*
	singular	plural
nominative	budža	budže
genitive	budže	budža
dative	budži	budžama
accusative	budžu	budže
vocative	budžo	budže
locative	budži	budžama
instrumental	budžom	budžama

References

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