джив-джив
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Macedonian џив-џив (dživ-dživ), probably related to Turkish civciv.
Compare similar Proto-Slavic *divъ (“tweet, chirp”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
джив-джив • (dživ-dživ)
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
- дживга́р m (dživgár)
verbs
- джи́вкам impf (džívkam)
Further reading[edit]
- “джив-джив”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 124