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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 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)