джив-джив

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Macedonian џив-џив (dživ-dživ), probably related to Turkish civciv.

Compare similar Proto-Slavic *divъ (“tweet, chirp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒiv-dʒif]

Interjection

джив-джив • (dživ-dživ)

1. tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)

Derived terms

nouns

• дживга́р m (dživgár)

 

verbs

• джи́вкам impf (džívkam)

 

Further reading

• “джив-джив”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 124