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
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʋäːb]
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
Noun
जवाब • (javāb) m (Urdu spelling جَوَاب)
Declension
| 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
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جواب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb). Doublet of जाब (jāb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑə.ʋab/
- Rhymes: -ab
- Hyphenation: ज‧वाब
Noun
जवाब • (javāb) m (law)
- a formal answer or explanation, especially one given in response to a legal notice, charge, or demand.
Declension
| Declension of जवाब (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
जवाब javāb | ||
| direct plural |
जवाब javāb | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
जवाब javāb |
जवाब javāb | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
जवाबा javābā |
जवाबां- javābān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
जवाबाला javābālā |
जवाबांना javābānnā | |
| ergative | जवाबाने, जवाबानं javābāne, javābāna |
जवाबांनी javābānnī | |
| instrumental | जवाबाशी javābāśī |
जवाबांशी javābānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
जवाबात javābāt |
जवाबांत javābāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
जवाबा javābā |
जवाबांनो javābānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of जवाब (masc cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
जवाबाचा javābāċā |
जवाबाचे javābāċe |
जवाबाची javābācī |
जवाबाच्या javābācā |
जवाबाचे, जवाबाचं javābāċe, javābāċa |
जवाबाची javābācī |
जवाबाच्या javābācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
जवाबांचा javābānċā |
जवाबांचे javābānċe |
जवाबांची javābāñcī |
जवाबांच्या javābāncā |
जवाबांचे, जवाबांचं javābānċe, javābānċa |
जवाबांची javābāñcī |
जवाबांच्या javābāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “जवाब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies