जवाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (javâb), from Arabic جَوَاب‎ (jawāb). Compare Punjabi ਜਵਾਬ (javāb) / جَواب‎ (javāb), Gujarati જવાબ (javāb), Marathi जाब (jāb), Bengali জবাব (jobab).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, [d͡ʒə.ʋäːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

जवाब • (javāb) m (Urdu spelling جَوَاب‎)

answer, reply, response
Synonym: उत्तर (uttar)

Declension

Declension of जवाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जवाब javāb	जवाब javāb
oblique	जवाब javāb	जवाबों javābõ
vocative	जवाब javāb	जवाबो javābo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जवाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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