џаба

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba) (Turkish caba), from Arabic جَبَى (jabā, “to collect, to levy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒâba/
  • Hyphenation: џа‧ба

Adverb

џа̏ба (Latin spelling džȁba)

  1. (regional) free, for free, gratis
  2. (regional) cheap, inexpensive, affordable
  3. (regional) in vain, futile
  4. (regional, intensifier) indeed, really

Usage notes

See џа̏бе̄.

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Further reading

  • “џаба”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025
  • “џаба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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