džaba

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• džȁbē

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒâba/
• Hyphenation: dža‧ba

Adverb

džȁba (Cyrillic spelling џа̏ба)

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

Synonyms

• badàva
• (for free): besplatno
• (cheap, inexpensive): jeftin
• (in vain): uzalud

Derived terms

• džaba ste krečili

References

• “džaba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Anagrams

• badža