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чорбаджия

/[t͡ʃo̟rbɐˈdʒijɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    archaicrich man, large owner in the Ottoman Empire
  2. 2.
    colloquialrich man, master

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوربهجی / چورباجی (çorbacı, a military rank of the Janissaries, literally “soup cook”). Equivalent to чорба (čorba, “soup”) + -джия (-džija). Cognate to Macedonian чорбаџија (čorbadžija) and Greek τσορμπατζής (tsormpatzís).

Forms

  • чорбаджи́яcanonical • masculine
  • čorbadžíjaromanization
  • чорбаджи́йкаfeminine
  • чорбаджи́яindefinite • singular
  • чорбаджи́иindefinite • plural
  • чорбаджи́ятаdefinite • singular
  • чорбаджи́итеdefinite • plural
Vocative
Singular
чорбаджи́, чорбаджи́йо
Plural
чорбаджи́и

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