баждар

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باجدار (bacdar), from Persian باجدار (bâjdâr), باژدار (bâždâr, “revenue collector”), from باژ (bâž, “tribute”). Akin to ба́џа.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǎʒdaːr/
  • Hyphenation: баж‧дар

Noun

ба̀жда̄р m (Latin spelling bàždār)

  1. measurer, surveyor
  2. revenue/tax collector, customs official ("he who collects something that can be measured")
  3. measuring device
  4. measuring, surveying

Declension
Declension of баждар
singular plural
nominative ба̀жда̄р баждари
genitive бажда́ра баждара
dative баждару баждарима
accusative баждара баждаре
vocative баждару / баждаре баждари
locative баждару баждарима
instrumental баждарем / баждаром баждарима

Derived terms
  • ба̀ждарица
  • ба̀ждаркиња
  • бажда̀рина

References
  • “баждар” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 127
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