бадава
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بداوا (bedâva) (Turkish bedava), from Persian باد هوا (bâd-e havâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /badǎʋa/
- Hyphenation: ба‧да‧ва
Adverb
бада̀ва (Latin spelling badàva)
- free, gratis
- very inexpensive
- in vain
- (as an intensifier) indeed, really
Synonyms
- џаба
- (for free) бесплатно
- (in vain) узалуд
References
- “бадава” in Hrvatski jezični portal