استجواب

Arabic

Root
ج و ب (j w b)
11 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.tid͡ʒ.waːb/
  • Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

اِسْتِجْوَاب • (istijwābm

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba) (form X)
  2. questioning, interrogation

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِجْوَاب (istijwāb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِسْتِجْوَاب
istijwāb
الِاسْتِجْوَاب
al-istijwāb
اِسْتِجْوَاب
istijwāb
nominative اِسْتِجْوَابٌ
istijwābun
الِاسْتِجْوَابُ
al-istijwābu
اِسْتِجْوَابُ
istijwābu
accusative اِسْتِجْوَابًا
istijwāban
الِاسْتِجْوَابَ
al-istijwāba
اِسْتِجْوَابَ
istijwāba
genitive اِسْتِجْوَابٍ
istijwābin
الِاسْتِجْوَابِ
al-istijwābi
اِسْتِجْوَابِ
istijwābi

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: استجواب (isticvab)
    • Turkish: isticvap

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Nişanyan considers the word a 19th century pseudo-Arabism derived from ج و ب (j w b), however the word does appear in Wehr's dictionary of 20th century Arabic.

Noun

استجواب • (isticvab)

  1. questioning; interrogation

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “isticvab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “isticvap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “جوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz