جوابا

Arabic

Root
ج و ب (j w b)
11 terms

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.waː.ban/

Adverb

جَوَابًا • (jawāban)

  1. as an answer, in reply to
  2. in response to

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: cəvabən
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جواباً (cevaben)
  • → Uzbek: javoban
  • → Zazaki: cewaben

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَابًا (jawāban), adverbial accusative of جَوَاب (jawāb).

Adverb

جواباً • (cevaben)

  1. in reply

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “cevab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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