džabe

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جبا‎ (caba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒâbeː/
  • Hyphenation: dža‧be

Adverb

džȁbē (Cyrillic spelling џа̏бе̄)

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

Usage notes

The word is commonly used in proverbs such as džaba ste krečili.

Synonyms
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