komšija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قومشو (komşu, “neighbour”), older قونشو (konşu, “neighbour”), now Turkish komşu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒmʃija/
  • Hyphenation: kòm‧ši‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

kòmšija m anim (Cyrillic spelling ко̀мшија, female equivalent kòmšīnica or kòmšījka)

  1. (regional, in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia) neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
    Synonyms: súsjed, súsed
    On je dobar drug mog komšije. ― He is a good friend of my neighbour.

Usage notes

The preferred word in literary Croatian is súsjed.

Declension

Declension of komšija
singular plural
nominative komšija komšije
genitive komšije komšija
dative komšiji komšijama
accusative komšiju komšije
vocative komšijo komšije
locative komšiji komšijama
instrumental komšijom komšijama

Further reading

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