Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. First attested in the 19th century. [1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒbûka/
  • Hyphenation: žbu‧ka

Noun

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žbȕka f (Cyrillic spelling жбу̏ка)

  1. (uncountable) plaster (mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žbȕka”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 615

Further reading

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  • žbuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal