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džabe

//d͡ʒâbeː/ | /d͡ʒâbe//
Serbo-Croatianadv
Ћирилица: џабеone entry, two scripts

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džabe is an alternative form of džaba.

Definitions of džaba adv · /d͡ʒâba/

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

Etymology of džaba

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba).

Forms

  • džȁbēcanonical
  • džȁbecanonical
  • џа̏бе̄cyrillic
  • џа̏беcyrillic
  • džȁbaalternative

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