jawab
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindustani جواب (jvāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جواب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”).
Noun edit
jawab (plural jawabs)
- (India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
- (India) Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.
- 2010, Kenneth Pletcher, The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places, page 96:
- Flanking the mausoleum […] are two symmetrically identical buildings — the mosque, which faces east, and its jawab, which faces west and provides aesthetic balance.
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References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jawaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 456.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay jawab (“answer”), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jawab (first-person possessive jawabku, second-person possessive jawabmu, third-person possessive jawabnya)
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Further reading edit
- “jawab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
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jawab
Malay edit
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Verb edit
jawab (Jawi spelling جواب)
- to answer
- Bagaimanakah kamu menjawab soalan nombor 10?
- How did you answer question number 10?
- to reply; to respond
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Descendants edit
- Indonesian: jawab
Further reading edit
- “jawab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.