джив-джив

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Macedonian џив-џив (dživ-dživ), probably related to Turkish civciv.

Compare similar Proto-Slavic *divъ (“tweet, chirp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʒiv-dʒif]

Interjection

джив-джив • (dživ-dživ)

  1. tweet, chirp (sound of a sparrow)

Derived terms
nouns
  • дживга́р m (dživgár)
verbs
  • джи́вкам impf (džívkam)

Further reading
  • “джив-джив”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 124
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