švarc
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- švorc
Etymology
From German schwarz; through association with Schwarzarbeit ("illicit/undocumented work") and once held stigma that those who needed to work illegally on the side (i.e. moonlight) were in arrears.
Adjective
švȁrc (Cyrillic spelling шва̏рц)
- broke (lacking money at the moment or poor in general)