jelda

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From je (“is”) +‎ li (“if”) +‎ da (“yes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jéldâ/

Particle

jéldâ (Cyrillic spelling је́лдâ)

1. (informal, Croatia) interrogative particle used in tag questions, asking for an affirmation to a polar question; right?, is it?, is it not?, isn't it so?

   Izgubljeni smo, jelda? ― We are lost, right?

   To i nije tako loša ideja, jelda? ― That is not such a bad idea, is it?