باجه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian باجه‎ (bâja, “window, vent”), a contraction from earlier بادجاه‎ (bâdjâh), from باد‎ (bâd, “wind, air”) + جاه‎ (jâh, “road, passage”).

Noun

باجه • (baca)

  1. any small opening in a roof that admits air or light, like a skylight
  2. chimney, flue, a vertical tube or hollow column used to emit smoke
    Synonym: اوجاق‎ (ocak)
  3. any flue or other shaft of the same character, such as a sewer ventilator or a mineshaft
  4. (provincial) the flat terraced roof of a house

Derived terms

  • آیدینلق باجه‎ (aydınlık bacası, “spiracle”)
  • دام باجهسی‎ (dam bacası, “opening in a roof”)
  • واپور باجهسی‎ (vapur bacası, “chimney of a steamship”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: baca
  • → Macedonian: баџа (badža)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bàdža, баџа

Further reading

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