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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba) (Turkish caba), from Arabic جَبَى (jabā, “to collect, to levy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒâba/
- Hyphenation: dža‧ba
Adverb
džȁba (Cyrillic spelling џа̏ба)
- (regional) free, for free, gratis
- (regional) cheap, inexpensive, affordable
- (regional) in vain, futile
- (regional, intensifier) indeed, really
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References
- “džaba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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