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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba) (Turkish caba), from Arabic جَبَى (jabā, “to collect, to levy”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
џа́бе • (džábe)
- (colloquial) in vain, for free
References
- “џабе” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒâbeː/
- Hyphenation: џа‧бе
Adverb
џа̏бе̄ (Latin spelling džȁbē)
- (regional) free, for free, gratis
- (regional) cheap, inexpensive, affordable
- (regional) in vain, futile
- (regional, intensifier) indeed, really
Usage notes
The word is commonly used in proverbs such as džabe ste krečili.
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