Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comitadji

/kɑmɪˈtæd͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: comi-tad-ji
IPA: /kɑmɪˈtæd͡ʒi/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.

Example Sentences

"For a summer he worked as a comitadji in Macedonia, and later joined the Serbian Army during the Balkan wars."
"He was a former comitadji who had been involved in fomenting unrest in Bosnia after the annexation of 1908 and was even rumoured to have commanded guerrilla bands."

Etymology

From various Balkan languages, all from Ottoman Turkish قومیتهجی (komitacı), from Ottoman Turkish قومیته (komita) from French comité (“committee”) + ـجی (-cı).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: قومیتهجی, قومیته, comité

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑmɪˈtæd͡ʒi/
British English: /kɒmɪˈtadʒi/

Inflected Forms

comitadjis (plural) comitaji (alternative) komitadji (alternative) komitaji (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce comitadji?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑmɪˈtæd͡ʒi/.
What does comitadji mean?: A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan.
Where does comitadji come from?: It is traced to French.

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