dž

See also: dź, Dž, DŽ, dz, Dz, DZ, and .dz
dž U+01C6, dž
LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ WITH CARON
← Dž
[U+01C5]
Latin Extended-B LJ →
[U+01C7]

Translingual

Letter

dž (mixed case Dž, upper case DŽ)

  1. A digraph from the letters d and ž.

See also

Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

dž (lower case, upper case Dž)

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

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase): Dž

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

dž (Cyrillic spelling џ)

  1. The 7th letter (digraph) of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by d and followed by đ.

Etymology 2

A shortening of džabe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒ/

Adverb

dž (Cyrillic spelling џ)

  1. (slang) for free; very cheap

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

dž (upper case Dž)

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

See also

Further reading

  • dž in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme, standard): IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒə́/, /d͡ʒèː/, /d͡ʒéː/
  • (letter name, linguistics): IPA(key): /tə̀rdi d͡ʒə́/, /tə̀rdi d͡ʒèː/, /tə̀rdi d͡ʒéː/ (trdi dž)
  • Rhymes: -ə, -eː
  • Homophones: Đ, đ, DŽ, Dž

Letter

dž (lower case, upper case Dž)

  1. A digraph of Slovene letters d and ž.

Symbol

dž

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

Noun

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/.
Inflection
  • Overall more common
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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də́ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -əʃ
  • Homophone: dež

Noun

dž m inan

  1. (colloquial) rain
    Synonyms: dež, deževanje, moča, mokrota, primaka
Inflection
  • Probably more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative dž
genitive də̏žja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dž
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
—
dative
(dajȃlnik)
—
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
—
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

See also

Further reading

“dž”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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