џабе
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Macedonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba) (Turkish caba), from Arabic جَبَى (jabā, “to collect, to levy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]џа́бе • (džábe)
References
[edit]- “џабе” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]џа̏бе̄ (Latin spelling džȁbē)
- (regional) free, for free, gratis
- (regional) cheap, inexpensive, affordable
- (regional) in vain, futile
- (regional, intensifier) indeed, really
Usage notes
[edit]The word is commonly used in proverbs such as džabe ste krečili.
Synonyms
[edit]Categories:
- Macedonian terms derived from Arabic
- Macedonian terms derived from the Arabic root ج ب ي
- Macedonian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Macedonian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian paroxytone terms
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian adverbs
- Macedonian colloquialisms
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian adverbs
- Regional Serbo-Croatian