džabe
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- džȁba
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جبا (caba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒâbeː/
- Hyphenation: dža‧be
Adverb
džȁbē (Cyrillic spelling џа̏бе̄)
- (regional) for free
- (regional) very cheap
- (regional) futile
Usage notes
Serbo-Croatian slang contains various variations of this word, such as dž, džab-džabe or džabalesku. It is used in proverbs such as što je džabe i bogu je milo or za džabe nema ni kod babe and phrases such as džabe ste krečili.
Synonyms
- badàva
- (for free): bèsplatno