جب

See also: حب‎, خت‎, چت‎, and چپ‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ب ب‎ (j-b-b). Related to Classical Syriac ܓܘܒܐ‎ (gubbā).

Verb

جَبَّ • (jabba) I, non-past يَجُبُّ‎‎ (yajubbu)

  1. to sever, to notch, to cut, to chop off, to lop off, to truncate
  2. to beat down the leaves
  3. to castrate entirely, to cut off a man's penis
  4. to fructify the fruit palm
  5. to surpass, to overcome, to vanquish
Conjugation

Noun

جُبّ • (jubb) m (plural أَجْبَاب‎ (ʔajbāb) or جِبَاب‎ (jibāb))

  1. cistern, well
  2. pit, fosse, cavity
  3. pothole, chuckhole
Declension
Descendants
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: aljube
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جب‎ (cübb)
  • → Spanish: aljibe
  • → Catalan: aljub
  • → Sicilian: gebbia

Noun

جَبّ • (jabb) m

  1. verbal noun of جَبَّ (jabba) (form I)
Declension

Verb

جُبْ • (jub) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of جَابَ‎ (jāba)

Verb

جِبْ • (jib) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَجَبَ‎ (wajaba)

Urdu

Etymology

From اب‎ (“now”). Cognate with Punjabi ਜਦੋਂ (jadõ) / جدوں‎ (jadõ).

Pronunciation

Adverb

جب • (transliteration needed) (Hindi spelling जब)

  1. when (non-interrogative)

Derived terms

  • جبھی‎

References

  • “جب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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