cəvabən
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَوَابًا (jawāban), adverbial accusative of جَوَاب (jawāb). By surface analysis, cavab + -ən.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡ʒæˈvɑːbæn], [d͡zæˈvɑːbæn], [d͡ʒɑˈvɑːbæn] (as if spelled cavabən)
Audio (Baku) (file) - Hyphenation: cə‧va‧bən
Adverb
cəvabən
- as a reply, replying to
- O bunu rəqiblərinəcəvabən demişdi. ― He said it as a reply to his opponents.
Further reading
- “cəvabən” in Obastan.com.