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 • (javābm (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

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 • (javābm (law)

  1. 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 (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (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