džabe

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جبا‎ (caba).

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

Adverb

džȁbē (Cyrillic spelling џа̏бе̄)

  1. (regional) for free
  2. (regional) very cheap
  3. (regional) futile

Usage notes

Serbo-Croatian slang contains various variations of this word, such as dž, džab-džabe or džabalesku. It is used in proverbs such as što je džabe i bogu je milo or za džabe nema ni kod babe and phrases such as džabe ste krečili.

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