जवाब

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जवाब • (javāb) m (Urdu spelling جَوَاب)

1. 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