чорбаджия

Bulgarian

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃo̟rbɐˈdʒijə]

Noun

чорбаджи́я (čorbadžíja) m (feminine чорбаджи́йка)

  1. (archaic) rich man, large owner in the Ottoman Empire
  2. (colloquial) rich man, master

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