Where does “буџован” come from?
буџован (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian бу́џа, from Ottoman Turkish جب, from Arabic جُبّ — cistern, well; pit, fosse; cistern, well, pit;...
буџован (Serbo-Croatian): a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig
Definitions
- a powerful person; figurehead, kingpin, bigwig
Ancestry of “буџован”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | бу́џа | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | جب | — |
| 3 | Arabic | جُبّ | cistern, well; pit, fosse; cistern, well, pit;... |