чорбаџија

Macedonian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish (Turkish çorbacı), literally "soup cook", a military rank of the Janissaries. Cognate to Bulgarian чорбаджия (čorbadžija) and Greek τσορμπατζής (tsormpatzís)

Noun

чорбаџија • (čorbadžija) m (plural чорбаџии)

(archaic) rich man, master

Synonyms

богаташ (bogataš)
големец (golemec)

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