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Џ

Џ

Џ U+040F, Џ
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE
Ў
[U+040E]
Cyrillic А
[U+0410]
See also: џ

Translingual

Letter

Џ upper case (lower case џ)

  1. A letter of some Cyrillic alphabets.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)

Letter

Џ (upper case, lower case џ)

  1. 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).

џ

џ

џ U+045F, џ
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE
ў
[U+045E]
Cyrillic Ѡ
[U+0460]
See also: ц, Џ, Ц, and

Translingual

Cyrillic letter џ (dzhe)

Letter

џ (lower case, upper case Џ)

  1. a Cyrillic letter of corresponding to the digraphs дж (dzh) or чж (chzh) or the letters җ (zhj), ҷ (chj), or ӂ (dzh)

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Letter

џ () (lower case, upper case Џ)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is џ () and it has a similar sound to the English dg in dodge. It is preceded by Ч and followed by Ш.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (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

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /dʒ/

Letter

џ (lower case, upper case Џ)

  1. 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 () and it has a similar sound to the English dg in dodge.

Etymology 2

A shortening of џабе.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒ/

Adverb

џ (Latin spelling )

  1. (slang) for free; very cheap