џигерица

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جكر (Turkish ciğer) +‎ -ица.

Further from Persian جگر (jegar), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”), compare Latin iecur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒǐɡerit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: џи‧ге‧ри‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

џѝгерица f (Latin spelling džìgerica)

  1. liver
    1. (as a meal)
      Synonym: је̏трица
    2. (informal) (of a living being)
      Synonym: је̏тра

Further reading

  • “џигерица”, 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
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