jawab

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noun

An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.

OriginHindustani ← Classical Persian جَوَاب ← Arabic جَوَاب →
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Meanings

nounjawab (plural jawabs)

plural jawabs · alternative jawaub

  1. IndiahistoricalAn answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
  2. IndiaAnything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.

    Flanking the mausoleum […] are two symmetrically identical buildings — the mosque, which faces east, and its jawab, which faces west and provides aesthetic balance.

    2010, Kenneth Pletcher, The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places, page 96

Origin

  1. Arabicجَوَاب
  2. Classical Persianجَوَاب
  3. Hindustani
  4. Englishjawab

Borrowed from Hindustani جَوَاب (javāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

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APA

jawab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawab

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Chicago

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