џ

See also: ц, Џ, Ц, and -ц

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 Ⱍ. 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.

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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.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гә гә, Ӷ ӷ, Ӷь ӷь, Ӷә ӷә, Д д, Дә дә, Е е, Ж ж, Жь жь, Жә жә, З з, Ӡ ӡ, Ӡә ӡә, И и, К к, Кь кь, Кә кә, Қ қ, Қь қь, Қә қә, Ҟ ҟ, Ҟь ҟь, Ҟә ҟә, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Ԥ ԥ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тә тә, Ҭ ҭ, Ҭә ҭә, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хь хь, Хә хә, Ҳ ҳ, Ҳә ҳә, Ц ц, Цә цә, Ҵ ҵ, Ҵә ҵә, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ҽ ҽ, Ҿ ҿ, Ш ш, Шь шь, Шә шә, Ы ы, Ҩ ҩ, Џ џ, Џь џь, Ь ь, Ә ә

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

џ • (dž) (lower case, upper case Џ)

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

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ѓ ѓ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, Ѕ ѕ, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ќ ќ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

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 dž)

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

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ђ ђ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ћ ћ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

Etymology 2

A shortening of џабе.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə/

Adverb

џ (Latin spelling dž)

1. (slang) for free; very cheap

Ubykh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɖʐ]

Verb

џ • (dẑ)

1. to vomit

   Сыџын. ― Sədẑən. ― I vomit.