dž
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Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
dž (lower case, upper case Dž)
- (Pan-Vlax) The seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- Synonym: (International Standard) ʒ
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- Dž (uppercase)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
dž (Cyrillic spelling џ)
- 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
Adverb
dž (Cyrillic spelling џ)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Letter
dž (upper case Dž)
- The tenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž
Further reading
- “dž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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)
Symbol
dž
- (non-dialectal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Noun
dž m inan
- The name of the Latin script digraph Dž / dž.
- Synonyms: dž, trdi dž
- (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /d͡ʒ/.
Inflection
- Overall more common
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| 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
Noun
dž m inan
Inflection
- Probably more common
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| 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 | |
- Less common as it is of higher register
| 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