џигерица

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جكر (Turkish ciğer) +‎ -ица.

Further from Persian جگر (jegar), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), compare Latin iecur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒǐɡerit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: џи‧ге‧ри‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

џѝгерица f (Latin spelling džìgerica)

1. liver
   1. (as a meal)

      Synonym: је̏трица

   2. (informal) (of a living being)

      Synonym: је̏тра

Further reading

• “џигерица”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2024