џ

See also: ц, Џ, Ц, and

Translingual

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

Etymology

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

Letter

џ (upper case Џ)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called dzhe.

Abkhaz

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d͡ʐ/

Letter

џ (dẑ) (lower case, upper case Џ)

  1. The sixty-first letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

џ () (lower case, upper case Џ)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, called џе (dže), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Serbo-Croatian

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): /d͡ʒ~ɖ͡ʐ/

Letter

џ (lower case, upper case Џ, Latin spelling )

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

A shortening of џабе.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒə/

Adverb

џ (Latin spelling )

  1. (slang) for free; very cheap

Ubykh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɖʐ]

Verb

џ (dẑ)

  1. to vomit
    Сыџын.Sədẑən.I vomit.
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