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TranslingualEdit
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.
LetterEdit
џ (lower case, upper case Џ)
- a Cyrillic letter of corresponding to the digraphs дж (dzh) or чж (chzh) or the letters җ (zhj), ҷ (chj), or ӂ (dzh)
MacedonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Serbian Cyrillic letter џ (dž), adopted in 1945 by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
LetterEdit
џ • (dž) (lower case, upper case Џ)
- 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 alsoEdit
- (Cyrillic script letters) А (A) а (a), Б (B) б (b), В (V) в (v), Г (G) г (g), Д (D) д (d), Ѓ (Ǵ) ѓ (ǵ), Е (E) е (e), Ж (Ž) ж (ž), З (Z) з (z), Ѕ (Dz) ѕ (dz), И (I) и (i), Ј (J) ј (j), К (K) к (k), Л (L) л (l), Љ (Lj) љ (lj), М (M) м (m), Н (N) н (n), Њ (Nj) њ (nj), О (O) о (o), П (P) п (p), Р (R) р (r), С (S) с (s), Т (T) т (t), Ќ (Ḱ) ќ (ḱ), У (U) у (u), Ф (F) ф (f), Х (H) х (h), Ц (C) ц (c), Ч (Č) ч (č), Џ (Dž) џ (dž), Ш (Š) ш (š)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
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
LetterEdit
џ (lower case, upper case Џ)
- 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
AdverbEdit
џ (Latin spelling dž)