جواب

جواب

See also: خواب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج و ب‎ (j-w-b). Compare Hebrew תגובה‎ (t'guvá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.waːb/

• Audio

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Noun

جَوَاب • (jawāb) m (plural أَجْوِبَة‎ (ʾajwiba) 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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2. apodosis

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 ʾajwiba‎; jawābāt	الْأَجْوِبَة‎‎; الْجَوَابَات‎ al-ʾajwiba‎; al-jawābāt	أَجْوِبَة‎‎; جَوَابَات‎ ʾajwibat‎; jawābāt
Nominative	أَجْوِبَةٌ‎‎; جَوَابَاتٌ‎ ʾajwibatun‎; jawābātun	الْأَجْوِبَةُ‎‎; الْجَوَابَاتُ‎ al-ʾajwibatu‎; al-jawābātu	أَجْوِبَةُ‎‎; جَوَابَاتُ‎ ʾajwibatu‎; jawābātu
Accusative	أَجْوِبَةً‎‎; جَوَابَاتٍ‎ ʾajwibatan‎; jawābātin	الْأَجْوِبَةَ‎‎; الْجَوَابَاتِ‎ al-ʾajwibata‎; al-jawābāti	أَجْوِبَةَ‎‎; جَوَابَاتِ‎ ʾajwibata‎; jawābāti
Genitive	أَجْوِبَةٍ‎‎; جَوَابَاتٍ‎ ʾajwibatin‎; jawābātin	الْأَجْوِبَةِ‎‎; الْجَوَابَاتِ‎ al-ʾajwibati‎; al-jawābāti	أَجْوِبَةِ‎‎; جَوَابَاتِ‎ ʾajwibati‎; jawābāti

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: جواب‎ (jwāb)
• → Adyghe: джэуап (džewaap)
• → Azerbaijani: cavab
• → Baluchi: جواب‎ (jawáb)
• → Bambara: jaabi
• → Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
• → Bengali: জবাব (jôbabô)
• → Crimean Tatar: cevap
• → Dhivehi: ޖަވާބު‎ (javābu)
• → Gagauz: cuvap
• → Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
• → Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
• → Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
• → Malay: jawab
  • Indonesian: jawab
• → Middle Armenian: ջուապ (ǰuap), ճուղապ (čułap), ճուղաբ (čułab), ճուվապ (čuvap), ճէվապ (čēvap)
  • Armenian: ջուղաբ (ǰułab), ջուղապ (ǰułap), ջուհաբ (ǰuhab), ջուաբ (ǰuab), ջուապ (ǰuap), ջուհապ (ǰuhap), ջըհաբ (ǰəhab), ջըհապ (ǰəhap), ջըղաբ (ǰəłab), ջողաբ (ǰołab), ջողոբ (ǰołob), ջույաբ (ǰuyab), ճողապ (čołap), ճուղապ (čułap), ճօղապ (čōłap), ջօղաբ (ǰōłab), ջո̈ւյա̈բ (ǰüyäb), ջո̈ւղա̈բ (ǰüłäb)
• → Ossetian: дзуапп (ʒwapp)
• → Nogai: явап (yavap)
• → Pashto: جواب‎ (ǰawãb), ځواب‎ (jwāb)
• → Persian: جواب‎ (javâb)
• → Northern Luri: جڤۋ‎ (jevü)
• → Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
• → Swahili: jawabu
• → 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

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (jawáb)

1. answer, reply

   Synonym: پسئو‎ (passaw)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَواب‎ (jawāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwaːb/, /ʒawaːb/

• Audio

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Noun

جواب or جواب • (jwāb or jawāb) m (plural أجوبة‎ (ʔajwiba) or جوابات‎ (jwābāt))

1. answer, reply

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (cevab)

1. answer, reply

Descendants

• Turkish: cevap

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈwɑːb/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈwɑːb/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæˈvɒːb/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈvɔb/

Noun

Dari	جواب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷавоб (javob)

جواب • (javâb) (plural جواب‌ها‎ (javâb-hâ) or جوابات‎ (javâbât))

1. answer, reply

   ‏جواب قانع کننده نتوانست بدهد.‎‎ ― javâb -e qâne’ konande natvânest bedahad. ― He could not give an acceptable answer.

   Synonym: پاسخ‎ (pâsox)

   Antonyms: سوال‎ (soâl), پرسش‎ (porseš)

Derived terms

• جواب دادن‎ (javâb dâdan)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “جواب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جواب‎ (javâb), from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb). Compare Hindustani جَوَاب‎ / जवाब (javāb), Gujarati જવાબ (javāb), Marathi जाब (jāb), Bengali জবাব (jôbabô).

Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਵਾਬ)

1. answer

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جواب‎ (javâb), from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb). Compare Punjabi ਜਵਾਬ (javāb) / جَواب‎ (javāb), Gujarati જવાબ (javāb), Marathi जाब (jāb), Bengali জবাব (jôbabô).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, /d͡ʒə.wɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

جَوَاب • (javāb) m (Hindi spelling जवाब)

1. answer, reply, response
2. (figuratively) solution

Declension

Declension of جواب
	singular	plural
direct	جَوَاب‎ (javāb)	جَوَاب‎ (javāb)
oblique	جَوَاب‎ (javāb)	جَوَابوں‎ (javābō̃)
vocative	جَوَاب‎ (javāb)	جَوَابو‎ (javābō)

References

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