جب

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See also: حب, خت, چت, and چپ

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the root ج ب ب (j-b-b). Related to Classical Syriac ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā).

Verb[edit]

جَبَّ (jabba) I, non-past يَجُبُّ‎ (yajubbu)

  1. to sever, to notch, to cut, to chop off, to lop off, to truncate
  2. to beat down the leaves
  3. to castrate entirely, to cut off a man's penis
  4. to fructify the fruit palm
  5. to surpass, to overcome, to vanquish
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جُبّ (jubbm (plural أَجْبَاب (ʔajbāb) or جِبَاب (jibāb))

  1. cistern, well
  2. pit, fosse, cavity
  3. pothole, chuckhole
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Catalan: aljub
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: aljube
  • Ottoman Turkish: جب (cübb)
  • Sicilian: gebbia
  • Spanish: aljibe

Noun[edit]

جَبّ (jabbm

  1. verbal noun of جَبَّ (jabba) (form I)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

جُبْ (jub) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of جَابَ (jāba)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

جِبْ (jib) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَجَبَ (wajaba)

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From اب (ab, now). Cognate with Punjabi ਜਦੋਂ (jadõ) / جدوں (jadõ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

جب (jab) (Hindi spelling जब)

  1. when (non-interrogative)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • جب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.