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dž

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dž U+01C6, dž
LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ WITH CARON
← Dž
[U+01C5]
Latin Extended-B LJ →
[U+01C7]

Romani

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Letter

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dž (lower case, upper case Dž, all caps DŽ)

  1. (Pan-Vlax) The seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ʒ

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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dž (lower case, upper case Dž, all caps DŽ, Cyrillic equivalent џ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by d and followed by đ.

Etymology 2

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A shortening of džabe.

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Adverb

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dž (Cyrillic spelling џ)

  1. (slang, abbreviation) for free; very cheap

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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dž (lower case, upper case Dž, all caps DŽ)

  1. The tenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Further reading

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  • “dž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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From Gaj's Latin alphabet dž, which is a digraph of d and ž.

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Letter

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dž (lower case, upper case Dž, all caps DŽ)

  1. A digraph of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Symbol

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dž

  1. (non-dialectal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [d͡ʒ].

Noun

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dž m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script digraph Dž / dž.
    Synonyms: dž, trdi dž
  2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /d͡ʒ/.
Declension
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  • Overall more common
Unknown tone or non-tonal
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. dž
gen. sing. dž-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dž dž-ja dž-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dž-ja dž-jev dž-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dž-ju dž-jema dž-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dž dž-ja dž-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dž-ju dž-jih dž-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dž-jem dž-jema dž-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. dž
gen. sing. dž
singular dual plural
nominative dž dž dž
accusative dž dž dž
genitive dž dž dž
dative dž dž dž
locative dž dž dž
instrumental dž dž dž

Etymology 2

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From Slovene dež with the omission of letter e that represents /ə/.

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Noun

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dž m inan

  1. (colloquial) rain
    Synonyms: dež, deževanje, moča, mokrota, primaka
Declension
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  • Probably more common
Unknown tone or non-tonal
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative dž
genitive də̏žja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dž
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
də̏žja
dative
(dajȃlnik)
də̏žju
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dž
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
də̏žju
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
də̏žjem
Masculine inan., soft o-stem, ending accent
nom. sing. dž
gen. sing. dəžjȁ
singular
nominative dž
accusative dž
genitive dəžjȁ
dative dəžjȕ
locative dəžjȕ
instrumental dəžjȅm

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Further reading

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“dž”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026