джив-джив
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic. Cognate with Macedonian џив-џив (dživ-dživ), probably related to Turkish civciv.
Compare similar Proto-Slavic *divъ (“tweet, chirp”).
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editджив-джив • (dživ-dživ)
Derived terms
editnouns
- дживга́р m (dživgár)
verbs
- джи́вкам impf (džívkam)
Further reading
edit- “джив-джив”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 124