jawab

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جَوَاب (javāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

jawab (plural jawabs)

1. (India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
2. (India) Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.
   • 2010, Kenneth Pletcher, The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places, page 96:

     Flanking the mausoleum […] are two symmetrically identical buildings — the mosque, which faces east, and its jawab, which faces west and provides aesthetic balance.

Alternative forms

• jawaub

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “jawaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 456.

Chewong

Noun

jawab

1. sexual intercourse
2. incest

Indonesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb)bor.

Malay jawab

Indonesian jawab

From Malay jawab, from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”). Mostly displaced native balas, sahut, and tanggap.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒawab/ [ˈd͡ʒa.wap̚]
• Rhymes: -awab
• Syllabification: ja‧wab

Verb

jawab (active menjawab, passive dijawab)

1. (transitive) to answer

   Synonyms: balas, sahut

Noun

jawab

1. (uncommon) synonym of jawaban (“answer”)

   Synonyms: sahutan, tanggapan

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• berjawab
• berjawab-jawaban
• jawab-jinawab
• jawaban
• menjawab
• penjawab
• penjawaban
• terjawab

Compound terms

• tanggung jawab

Further reading

• “jawab”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
• “menjawab”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

jawab

1. romanization of ꦗꦮꦧ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Malay jawab, from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

• Mostly displaced native balas, sahut, and tanggap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒawab/ [ˈd͡ʒa.wap̚]

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• Rhymes: -awab, -wab, -ab
• Hyphenation: ja‧wab

Noun

jawab (Jawi spelling جواب, plural jawab-jawab or jawab²)

1. an answer or reply

   Synonyms: jawapan, sahut

Verb

jawab (Jawi spelling جواب, active menjawab, third-person passive dijawab)

1. to answer (a question)
2. to reply or respond to (something or someone)

   Synonyms: balas, sahut

Derived terms

Affixations

• berjawab
• jawapan, jawaban
• menjawab
• penjawab
• terjawab

Compounds

• soal jawab, tanya jawab
• tanggungjawab

Descendants

• > Indonesian: jawab (inherited)

Further reading

• "jawab" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "jawab" at PRPM first version)