џаба

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• џа̏бе̄

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒâba/
• Hyphenation: џа‧ба

Adverb

џа̏ба (Latin spelling džȁba)

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

Usage notes

See џа̏бе̄.

Synonyms

• бада̀ва
• (for free): бѐсплатно

Derived terms

• џаба сте кречили

Further reading

• “џаба”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025
• “џаба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Anagrams

• баџа