جواب

See also: خواب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج و ب‎ (j-w-b)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.waːb/
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Noun

جَوَاب • (jawāb) m (plural أَجْوِبَة‎ (ʾajwiba))

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Declension

Declension of noun جَوَاب (jawāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْوِبَة‎ ʾajwiba	الْأَجْوِبَة‎ al-ʾajwiba	أَجْوِبَة‎ ʾajwibat
Nominative	أَجْوِبَةٌ‎ ʾajwibatun	الْأَجْوِبَةُ‎ al-ʾajwibatu	أَجْوِبَةُ‎ ʾajwibatu
Accusative	أَجْوِبَةً‎ ʾajwibatan	الْأَجْوِبَةَ‎ al-ʾajwibata	أَجْوِبَةَ‎ ʾajwibata
Genitive	أَجْوِبَةٍ‎ ʾajwibatin	الْأَجْوِبَةِ‎ al-ʾajwibati	أَجْوِبَةِ‎ ʾajwibati

Descendants

Adyghe: джэуап (ǯ̍ăwāp)
Azerbaijani: cavab
Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
Crimean Tatar: cevap
Gagauz: cuvap
Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
Kazakh: жауап (jawap)
Kyrgyz: жооп (coop)
Maltese: wieġeb
Nogai: явап (yavap)
Ottoman Turkish: جواب‎ (cevâp)
Pashto: جواب‎ (ǰawãb), ځواب‎ (jwāb)
Persian: جواب‎ (javâb)
Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
Swahili: jibu
Tajik: жавоб (žavob)
Tatar: җавап (cawap)
Turkish: cevap
Turkmen: jogap
Uyghur: جاۋاب‎ (jawab)
Urdu: جواب‏‎ (javāb)
Uzbek: javob

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “جوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Baluchi

Noun

جواب • (jawáb)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (cevâb, cevâp)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒæˈvɒːb/

Noun

جواب • (javâb) (plural جواب‌ها‎ (javâb-hâ))

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Derived terms

جواب دادن‎ (javâb dâdan)

Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਵਾਬ)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dʒəʋaːb]

Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Hindi spelling जवाब)

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Declension

Declension of جواب
	singular	plural
direct	جواب‎ (javāb)	جواب‎ (javāb)
oblique	جواب‎ (javāb)	جوابوں‎ (javābõ)
vocative	جواب‎ (javāb)	جوابو‎ (javābo)

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