kavga
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish غوغا (ğavğa, kavga), from Persian غوغا (ġowġâ, ġavġâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâːʋɡa/
- Hyphenation: kav‧ga
Noun
kȃvga f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑вга)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kȃvga | kavge |
| genitive | kavge | kȃvgā / kȃvgī |
| dative | kavgi | kavgama |
| accusative | kavgu | kavge |
| vocative | kavgo | kavge |
| locative | kavgi | kavgama |
| instrumental | kavgom | kavgama |
Derived terms
- kȁvgadžija, kàvgāš (“troublemaker”)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوغا (kavga), from غوغا (gavga), from Persian غوغا (ġowġâ, ġavġâ).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
kavga
Derived terms
- kavgacı
Further reading
- “kavga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kavga”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN