jawab

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

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.
   • 2010, Kenneth Pletcher, The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places, page 96:

     Flanking the mausoleum […] are two symmetrically identical buildings — the mosque, which faces east, and its jawab, which faces west and provides aesthetic balance.

• jawaub

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jawaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 456.

jawab

1. sexual intercourse
2. incest

From Malay jawab, from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb, “answer, reply”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒawab/ [ˈd͡ʒa.wap̚]
• Rhymes: -awab
• Syllabification: ja‧wab

jawab (active menjawab, passive dijawab)

1. (transitive) to answer

jawab

1. (uncommon) synonym of jawaban (“answer”)

• “jawab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “menjawab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

jawab

1. romanization of ꦗꦮꦧ꧀

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒawab/ [ˈd͡ʒa.wap̚]
• Rhymes: -awab, -wab, -ab
• Hyphenation: ja‧wab

jawab (Jawi spelling جواب, plural jawab-jawab)

1. An answer or reply.

   Synonyms: jawapan, sahut

jawab (Jawi spelling جواب)

1. Infinitive of menjawab.

• > Indonesian: jawab (inherited)

• “jawab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.