Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From je (is) +‎ li (if) +‎ da (yes).

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

jéldâ (Cyrillic spelling је́лдâ)

  1. (informal, Croatia) interrogative particle used in tag questions, asking for an affirmation to a polar question; right?, is it?, is it not?, isn't it so?
    Izgubljeni smo, jelda?We are lost, right?
    To i nije tako loša ideja, jelda?That is not such a bad idea, is it?