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jawabs

jawabs is the plural of jawab.

Meaning of jawab

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

Questions about jawabs

What is jawabs the plural of?
Jawabs is the plural of jawab.

Words near jawabs in the dictionary

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

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