Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Ottoman Turkish جكر (Turkish ciğer) +‎ -ica.

Further from Persian جگر (jegar), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (liver), compare Latin iecur.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒǐɡerit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: dži‧ge‧ri‧ca
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun edit

džìgerica f (Cyrillic spelling џѝгерица)

  1. liver
    1. (as a meal)
      Synonym: jȅtrica
    2. (informal) (of a living being)
      Synonym: jȅtra