jawab

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جواب (jvāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جواب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”).

Noun

jawab (plural jawabs)

1. (India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
2. (India) Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.
   • 2010, Kenneth Pletcher, The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places, page 96:

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

Alternative forms

• jawaub

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jawaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 456.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jawab (“answer”), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.wap̚/
• Hyphenation: ja‧wab

Noun

jawab (first-person possessive jawabku, second-person possessive jawabmu, third-person possessive jawabnya)

1. answer

   Synonyms: balas, sahut

Derived terms

• berjawab
• berjawab-jawaban
• jawaban
• menjawab
• penjawab
• terjawab

 

• tanggung jawab

 

Further reading

• “jawab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

jawab

1. answer

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawap/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wäp̚]
• Rhymes: -awap, -wap, -ap

Verb

jawab (Jawi spelling جواب)

1. to answer

   Bagaimanakah kamu menjawab soalan nombor 10?

   How did you answer question number 10?

2. to reply; to respond

   Synonyms: balas, sahut

   Apakah cara yang betul untuk menjawab komen-komen kurang ajar di media sosial?

   What is the correct way to respond to mean comments on social media?

Derived terms

Affixations

• berjawab
• jawaban
• jawapan
• menjawab
• penjawab
• terjawab

 

Compounds

• soal jawab
• tanggungjawab

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: jawab

Further reading

• “jawab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.