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 (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
  • Indonesian: 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:

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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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.ˈwɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔ́b]

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

• جواب دادن (javâb dâdan)

References

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

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):

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• 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.