Words with this letter are often cognate withЖд жд (Zhd zhd) inBulgarian andЂ ђ /Đ đ inSerbo-Croatian.[2] For example, the Macedonian word forbirth (раѓање israǵanje, which in Bulgarian isраждане -razhdane, and inSerbianрађање -rađanje).
^Selvelli, Giustina (2021).The Alphabet of Discord : the Ideologization of Writing Systems on the Balkans since the Breakup of Multiethnic Empires. Berlin: Ibidem Verlag. p. 46.ISBN978-3-8382-1537-2.OCLC1252961496.