џ

Cyrillic letter џ (dzhe)

EtymologyEdit

Presumed to be a modification of ц (ts), itself presumed to be a modification of Glagolitic letter Ⱌ (tsi). First recorded use in modern form is the 15th century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet.

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џ (lower case, upper case Џ)

1. a Cyrillic letter of corresponding to the digraphs дж (dzh) or чж (chzh) or the letters җ (zhj), ҷ (chj), or ӂ (dzh)

EtymologyEdit

From Serbian Cyrillic letter џ (dž), adopted in 1945 by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

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џ • (dž) (lower case, upper case Џ)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is џ (dž) and it has a similar sound to the English dg in dodge. It is preceded by Ч and followed by Ш.

Alternative formsEdit

• dž (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Etymology 1Edit

From џ of the 15th century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, first used by Serbian scribes in the 17th century and part of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić’s Cyrillic alphabet reform.

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /dʒ/

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џ (lower case, upper case Џ)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter ч (č) and is followed by the letter ш (š).

Usage notesEdit

Its name is џ (dž) and it has a similar sound to the English dg in dodge.

Etymology 2Edit

A shortening of џабе.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /dʒ/

AdverbEdit

џ (Latin spelling dž)

1. (slang) for free; very cheap