џ
Translingual
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 (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)
Abkhaz
Pronunciation
Letter
- The sixty-first letter of the Abkhaz alphabet
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.
Letter
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 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
Alternative forms
- dž (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)
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
Letter
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 notes
Its name is џ (dž) and it has a similar sound to the English dg in dodge.
Etymology 2
A shortening of џабе.
Pronunciation
Adverb
џ (Latin spelling dž)