-lija
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لو (-li, -lı, -lu, -lü) (Turkish -li, -lı, -lu, -lü).
Suffix
-lija m anim (Cyrillic spelling -лија, noun-forming suffix)
- suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a person with a given feature, doing something or from a particular place
- bȁht (“luck”) + -lija → bàtlija (“lucky person”)
- fakùltēt (“college, university”) + -lija → fakultètlija (“university-educated person”) (colloquial)
- rèžīm (“regime”) + -lija → režìmlija (“supporter of a regime, especially blindly”) (derogatory)
- Sàraj(evo) (“Sarajevo”) + -lija → Saràjlija (“Sarajevan”)