جواب

See also: خواب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج و ب (j-w-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.waːb/

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Noun

جَوَاب • (jawāb) m (plural أَجْوِبَة (ʔajwiba) or جَوَابَات (jawābāt))

1. answer, reply
   • a. 898, Al-Mubarrad, المقتضب [Al-Muqtadab]:

     اعلم أن لا إذا وقعت على نكرة نصبتها بغير تنوين؛ وإنما كان ذلك لما أذكره لك: إنما وضعت الأخبار جوابات للاستفهام.

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Declension

Declension of noun جَوَاب (jawāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَاب jawāb	الْجَوَاب al-jawāb	جَوَاب jawāb
Nominative	جَوَابٌ jawābun	الْجَوَابُ al-jawābu	جَوَابُ jawābu
Accusative	جَوَابًا jawāban	الْجَوَابَ al-jawāba	جَوَابَ jawāba
Genitive	جَوَابٍ jawābin	الْجَوَابِ al-jawābi	جَوَابِ jawābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَابَيْن jawābayn	الْجَوَابَيْن al-jawābayn	جَوَابَيْ jawābay
Nominative	جَوَابَانِ jawābāni	الْجَوَابَانِ al-jawābāni	جَوَابَا jawābā
Accusative	جَوَابَيْنِ jawābayni	الْجَوَابَيْنِ al-jawābayni	جَوَابَيْ jawābay
Genitive	جَوَابَيْنِ jawābayni	الْجَوَابَيْنِ al-jawābayni	جَوَابَيْ jawābay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْوِبَة‎; جَوَابَات ʔajwiba‎; jawābāt	الْأَجْوِبَة‎; الْجَوَابَات al-ʔajwiba‎; al-jawābāt	أَجْوِبَة‎; جَوَابَات ʔajwibat‎; jawābāt
Nominative	أَجْوِبَةٌ‎; جَوَابَاتٌ ʔajwibatun‎; jawābātun	الْأَجْوِبَةُ‎; الْجَوَابَاتُ al-ʔajwibatu‎; al-jawābātu	أَجْوِبَةُ‎; جَوَابَاتُ ʔajwibatu‎; jawābātu
Accusative	أَجْوِبَةً‎; جَوَابَاتٍ ʔajwibatan‎; jawābātin	الْأَجْوِبَةَ‎; الْجَوَابَاتِ al-ʔajwibata‎; al-jawābāti	أَجْوِبَةَ‎; جَوَابَاتِ ʔajwibata‎; jawābāti
Genitive	أَجْوِبَةٍ‎; جَوَابَاتٍ ʔajwibatin‎; jawābātin	الْأَجْوِبَةِ‎; الْجَوَابَاتِ al-ʔajwibati‎; al-jawābāti	أَجْوِبَةِ‎; جَوَابَاتِ ʔajwibati‎; jawābāti

Descendants

• Adyghe: джэуап (džɛwap)
• Azerbaijani: cavab
• Bambara: jaabi
• Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
• Crimean Tatar: cevap
• Gagauz: cuvap
• Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
• Indonesian: jawab
• Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
• Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
• Malay: jawab
• Maltese: wieġeb
• → Middle Armenian: ջուապ (ǰuap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճուղաբ (čuġab), ճուվապ (čuvap), ճէվապ (čēvap),
• Nogai: явап (yavap)
• Pashto: جواب (ǰawãb), ځواب (jwāb)
• Persian: جواب (javâb)
• Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
• Swahili: jibu
• Tajik: жавоб (žavob)
• Tatar: җавап (cawap)
• Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevâp)
  • Turkish: cevap
• Turkmen: jogap
• Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab)
• Urdu: جواب‏ (javāb)
• Uzbek: javob
• West Coast Bajau: jawap

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Baluchi

Noun

جواب • (jawáb)

1. answer, reply

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (cevap)

1. answer, reply

Descendants

• Turkish: cevap

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒæˈvɒːb/

Noun

جواب • (javâb) (plural جواب‌ها (javâb-hâ))

1. answer, reply
   • جواب شما غلط است.

     javâb-e šomâ ğalat ast

     Your answer is wrong.

   Synonym: پاسُخ (pâsox)

Derived terms

• جواب دادن (javâb dâdan)

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Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

1. answer

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/

Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Hindi spelling जवाब)

1. answer, reply, response

Declension

Declension of جواب
	singular	plural
direct	جواب (javāb)	جواب (javāb)
oblique	جواب (javāb)	جوابوں (javābō̃)
vocative	جواب (javāb)	جوابو (javābō)