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TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
LetterEdit
џ (lower case, upper case Џ)
- a Cyrillic letter corresponding to the digraphs дж (dž) or чж (čž) or the letters җ (zhj), ҷ (chj), or ӂ (dž)
AbkhazEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
- The sixty-first letter of the Abkhaz alphabet
See alsoEdit
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гь гь (G̍ g̍), Гә гә (G° g°), Ӷ ӷ (Ğ ğ), Ӷь ӷь (Ğ̍ ğ̍), Ӷә ӷә (Ğ° ğ°), Д д (D d), Дә дә (D° d°), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), Жь жь (Ž̍ ž̍), Жә жә (Ž° ž°), З з (Z z), Ӡ ӡ (Dz dz), Ӡә ӡә (Dz° dz°), И и (I i), К к (Ḳ ḳ), Кь кь (Ḳ̍ ḳ̍), Кә кә (Ḳ° ḳ°), Қ қ (K k), Қь қь (K̍ k̍), Қә қә (K° k°), Ҟ ҟ (Q̇ q̇), Ҟь ҟь (Q̇̍ q̇̍), Ҟә ҟә (Q̇°̍ q̇°), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (Ṗ ṗ), Ԥ ԥ (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (Ṭ ṭ), Тә тә (Ṭ° ṭ°), Ҭ ҭ (T t), Ҭә ҭә (T° t°), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хь хь (X̍ x̍), Хә хә (X° x°), Ҳ ҳ (Ḥ ḥ), Ҳә ҳә (Ḥ° ḥ°̍), Ц ц (C c), Цә цә (C° c°), Ҵ ҵ (C̣ c̣), Ҵә ҵә (C̣° c̣°), Ч ч (Č̍ č̍), Ҷ ҷ (Č̣̍ č̣̍), Ҽ ҽ (Č č), Ҿ ҿ (Č̣ č̣), Ш ш (Š š), Шь шь (Š̍ š̍), Шә шә (Š° š°), Ы ы (Ə ə), Ҩ ҩ (j° j°), Џ џ (Dž dž), Џь џь (Dž̍ dž̍), Ь ь (’ ’), Ә ә (W w)
MacedonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Serbian Cyrillic letter џ (dž), adopted in 1945 by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
PronunciationEdit
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 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)
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)