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(file)

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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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
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
  • Moroccan Arabic: جواب (jwāb)
  • → Adyghe: джэуап (džɛwap)
  • → Azerbaijani: cavab
  • → Baluchi: جواب (jawáb)
  • → Bambara: jaabi
  • → Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
  • → Bengali: জবাব (jobab)
  • → Crimean Tatar: cevap
  • → Dhivehi: ޖަވާބު (javābu)
  • → Gagauz: cuvap
  • → Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
  • → Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
  • → Khalaj: cəvâb
  • → Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
  • → Malay: jawab
  • → Middle Armenian: ջուապ (ǰuap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճուղաբ (čuġab), ճուվապ (čuvap), ճէվապ (čēvap)
    • Armenian: ջուղաբ (ǰuġab), ջուղապ (ǰuġap), ջուհաբ (ǰuhab), ջուաբ (ǰuab), ջուապ (ǰuap), ջուհապ (ǰuhap), ջըհաբ (ǰəhab), ջըհապ (ǰəhap), ջըղաբ (ǰəġab), ջողաբ (ǰoġab), ջողոբ (ǰoġob), ջույաբ (ǰuyab), ճողապ (čoġap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճօղապ (čōġap), ջօղաբ (ǰōġab), ջո̈ւյա̈բ (ǰüyäb), ջո̈ւղա̈բ (ǰüġäb)
  • → Ossetian: дзуапп (ʒwapp)
  • → Nogai: явап (yavap)
  • → Pashto: جواب (ǰawãb), ځواب (jwāb)
  • → Classical Persian: جَوَاب (jawāb)
  • → Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)
  • → Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
  • → Swahili: jawabu
  • → Tajik: жавоб (žavob)
  • → Tatar: җавап (cawap)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevâp)
    • Ladino: djoap
    • Turkish: cevap
  • → Turkmen: jogap
  • → Telugu: జవాబు (javābu)
  • → Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab), جاۋاپ (jawap)
  • → Urdu: جواب (javāb)
  • → Uzbek: javob
  • → West Coast Bajau: jawap

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (jawáb)

  1. answer, reply
    Synonym: پسئو (passaw)

Khalaj

Noun

جَواب (cəvâb) (definite accusative جَوابؽ, plural جَوابلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of cəvâb (“reply, answer”)

Declension
Declension of جواب
singular plural
nominative جواب جوابلار
genitive جوابؽݧ جوابلارؽݧ
dative جوابقا جوابلارقا
definite accusative جوابؽ جوابلارؽ
locative جوابچا جوابلارچا
ablative جوابدا جوابلاردا
instrumental جوابلا جوابلارلا
equative جوابوارا جوابلاروارا

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَواب (jawāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒwaːb/, /ʒawaːb/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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

  1. answer, reply

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (cevab)

  1. answer, reply

Descendants
  • Ladino: djoap
  • Turkish: cevap

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? jawāḇ
Dari reading? jawāb
Iranian reading? javâb
Tajik reading? javob

Noun
Dari جواب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷавоб

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

  1. answer, reply
    Synonym: پاسخ (pâsox)
    Antonyms: سوال (soâl), پرسش (porseš)
    جواب قانع کننده نتوانست بدهد. ― javâb-e qâne' konande natvânest bedahad. ― He could not give an acceptable answer.

Derived terms

References

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਵਾਬ)

  1. answer

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, /d͡ʒə.wɑːb/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • 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 (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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