जबाबदार

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جواب دار (jawāb-dār), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”) + Persian دار (dār, “having”). Compare Hindi जवाबदार (javābdār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zə.bab.d̪aɾ/

Adjective

जबाबदार • (j̈abābdār)

1. responsible, accountable, liable, answerable

Derived terms

• जबाबदारी (j̈abābdārī, “responsibility”)
• बेजबाबदार (bej̈abābdār, “irresponsible”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जबाबदार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जवाबदार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press