jawab
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindustani جَوَاب (javāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).
Noun
editjawab (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.
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jawaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 456.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay jawab, from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editjawab (active menjawab, passive dijawab, perfective passive terjawab)
- (transitive) to answer
- to make a reply or response to
- to speak in defence against; to reply to in defence
- to respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment
- to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
Noun
editjawab
- (uncommon) answer (a response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question)
- Synonym: jawaban
Derived terms
editAffixed terms
Compound terms
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.
- “menjawab” 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
editEtymology
editNoun
editjawab
Malay
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editjawab (Jawi spelling جواب)
- to answer
- Bagaimanakah kamu menjawab soalan nombor 10?
- How did you answer question number 10?
- to reply; to respond
Derived terms
editAffixations
editCompounds
editDescendants
edit- Indonesian: jawab
Further reading
edit- “jawab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/wap̚
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