English

Noun

zadruga ‎(plural zadrugas or zadruge)

1. A social unit of rural community among the South Slavs, associated with family links and set customs.
   • 2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain, Hurst & Co. 2007, pp. 7-8:

     Byzantine culture was forced to retreat in the face of a way of life based on the extended family commune or zadruga, which was further organised around loose tribal areas known as županije.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâːdruɡa/
• Hyphenation: za‧dru‧ga

Noun

zȃdruga f ‎(Cyrillic spelling за̑друга)

1. zadruga
2. commune, cooperative

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