Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشی (çarşı) (Turkish çarşı), from Persian چارسو.

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чаршија (čaršijaf (relational adjective чаршиски)

  1. downtown
  2. part of the city or street lined with shops and workshops, especially as one in a former Ottoman territory, built in Ottoman times

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References

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  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “чаршија”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 199

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish چارشی (çarşı), from Persian چارسو (čârsu).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎrʃija/
  • Hyphenation: чар‧ши‧ја
  • Rhymes: -ija

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ча̀ршија f (Latin spelling čàršija)

  1. business district, downtown
  2. (colloquial) people

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