cəvabən
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic جَوَابًا (jawāban), adverbial accusative of جَوَاب (jawāb). By surface analysis, cavab + -ən.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [d͡ʒæˈvɑːbæn], [d͡zæˈvɑːbæn], [d͡ʒɑˈvɑːbæn] (as if spelled cavabən)
Audio (Baku) (file) - Hyphenation: cə‧va‧bən
Adverb edit
cəvabən
- as a reply, replying to
- O bunu rəqiblərinə cəvabən demişdi. ― He said it as a reply to his opponents.
Further reading edit
- “cəvabən” in Obastan.com.