ثواب

ثواب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ث و ب‎ (ṯ-w-b).

Noun

ثَوَاب • (ṯawāb) m

1. remuneration; reward

Declension

Declension of noun ثَوَاب (ṯawāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَوَاب ṯawāb	الثَّوَاب‎ aṯ-ṯawāb	ثَوَاب ṯawāb
Nominative	ثَوَابٌ ṯawābun	الثَّوَابُ‎ aṯ-ṯawābu	ثَوَابُ ṯawābu
Accusative	ثَوَابًا‎ ṯawāban	الثَّوَابَ‎ aṯ-ṯawāba	ثَوَابَ ṯawāba
Genitive	ثَوَابٍ ṯawābin	الثَّوَابِ‎ aṯ-ṯawābi	ثَوَابِ ṯawābi

Antonyms

• عِقَاب‎ (ʕiqāb, “punishment”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: savab
• → Bashkir: сауап (sawap)
• → Kazakh: сауап (sauap)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ثواب‎ (sevab)
  • Turkish: sevap
• → Swahili: thawabu

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ثَوَاب‎ (ṯawāb).

Noun

ثواب • (sevab) (plural اثواب‎)

1. (religion) divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)

Descendants

• Turkish: sevap

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Sindhi

Etymology

From Persian ثواب‎ (savâb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [savɑːb]

Noun

ثواب (savābu) m (Devanagari सवाबु)

1. rectitude,merit, virtue

References

• “ثواب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ثواب‎ (savāb), from Arabic ثَوَاب‎ (ṯawāb).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ثَواب • (savāb) m (Hindi spelling सवाब)

1. requital, reward
2. good deed

References

• “ثواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ثواب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.