џ

See also: ц, Џ, Ц, and -ц

џ U+045F, џ CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE ← ў [U+045E] Cyrillic Ѡ → [U+0460]

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Translingual

Cyrillic letter џ (dzhe)

Etymology

Presumed to be a modification of ч (č), itself a modification of the Glagolitic letter Ⱍ. The first recorded use in modern form is in the 15th century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet.

Letter

џ (lower case, upper case Џ)

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

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Letter

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.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dž (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɖ͡ʐ/

Letter

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 notes

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

Etymology 2

A shortening of џабе.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖ͡ʐə/

Adverb

џ (Latin spelling dž)

1. (slang) for free; very cheap