जाब
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جواب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb). Doublet of जवाब (javāb).
Cognates
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡zab/
- Rhymes: -ab
Noun
ज़ाब • (j̈āb) m
- explanation or accountability, especially one demanded in relation to an error or misconduct.
- Synonym: स्पष्टीकरण (spaṣṭīkaraṇ)
- (rare) answer
- Synonym: उत्तर (uttar)
Declension
| Declension of जाब (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
जाब jāb | ||
| direct plural |
जाब jāb | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
जाब jāb |
जाब jāb | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
जाबा jābā |
जाबां- jābān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
जाबाला jābālā |
जाबांना jābānnā | |
| ergative | जाबाने, जाबानं jābāne, jābāna |
जाबांनी jābānnī | |
| instrumental | जाबाशी jābāśī |
जाबांशी jābānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
जाबात jābāt |
जाबांत jābāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
जाबा jābā |
जाबांनो jābānno | |
| 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 जाब (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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
जाबाचा jābāċā |
जाबाचे jābāċe |
जाबाची jābācī |
जाबाच्या jābācā |
जाबाचे, जाबाचं jābāċe, jābāċa |
जाबाची jābācī |
जाबाच्या jābācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
जाबांचा jābānċā |
जाबांचे jābānċe |
जाबांची jābāñcī |
जाबांच्या jābāncā |
जाबांचे, जाबांचं jābānċe, jābānċa |
जाबांची jābāñcī |
जाबांच्या jābāñcā | |
| * 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), “जाब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “जाब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “जाब,ज्वाब”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)