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Bulgarian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Macedonian џив-џив (dživ-dživ), probably related to Turkish civciv.
Compare similar Proto-Slavic *divъ (“tweet, chirp”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
джив-джив • (dživ-dživ)
- tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “джив-джив”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 124