juwaub

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noun

A formal refusal.

OriginHindi [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounjuwaub (plural juwaubs)

plural juwaubs

  1. IndiaUKdatedslanggovernmentA formal refusal.

    These offices are often to be filled up, their untiring perseverance occasioning the secession of a member, who, after having sustained repeated juwaubs, is accepted at last, […]

    1836, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, page 97
verbjuwaub (third-person singular simple present juwaubs, present participle juwaubing, simple past and past participle juwaubed)

present singular third person juwaubs · participle present juwaubing · participle past juwaubed · past juwaubed

  1. IndiaUKdatedslangtransitivegovernmentTo refuse or rebuff.

Origin

  1. Hindi[Term?]“an answer”
  2. Englishjuwaub

From Hindi [Term?] (“an answer”).

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APA

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Chicago

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