kavga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غوغا‎ (ğavğa, kavga), from Persian غوغا‎ (ğowğâ, ğavğâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kâːʋɡa/
  • Hyphenation: kav‧ga

Noun

kȃvga f (Cyrillic spelling ка̑вга)

  1. quarrel
  2. brawl, fight, trouble

Declension
Declension of kavga
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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوغا‎ (kavga), from غوغا‎ (gavga), from Persian غوغا‎ (ğowğâ, ğavğâ).

Noun

kavga

  1. brawl
  2. quarrel
  3. dispute
  4. conflict
  5. feud

Derived terms
  • kavgacı

Further reading
  • kavga in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kavga”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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