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jawab

jawab noun: an answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.

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.
    • Flanking the mausoleum […] are two symmetrically identical buildings — the mosque, which faces east, and its jawab, which faces west and provides aesthetic balance.2010, Kenneth Pletcher, The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places, page 96

Forms of jawab

pluraljawabs
alternative formjawaub

Origin of jawab

Borrowed from Hindustani جَوَاب (javāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Questions about jawab

What does jawab mean?
Jawab means an answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
What part of speech is jawab?
Jawab is a noun.
What is the plural of jawab?
The plural of jawab is jawabs.

Words near jawab in the dictionary

  1. jaw-jutting
  2. jaw-like
  3. jaw-twister
  4. jaw-twisters
  5. Jawa
  6. jawab
  7. jawabs
  8. Jawad
  9. Jawads
  10. Jawaiian
  11. jawan

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