# جواب
## Arabic
### Etymology

Compare Hebrew תְּגוּבָה (təḡūḇɔ̂, tguvá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.waːb/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

جَوَاب • (jawāb) m (plural أَجْوِبَة (ʔajwiba) or جَوَابَات (jawābāt))
* answer, reply
** a. 898, Al-Mubarrad, المقتضب [Al-Muqtadab]:اعلم أن لا إذا وقعت على نكرة نصبتها بغير تنوين؛ وإنما كان ذلك لما أذكره لك: إنما وضعت الأخبار جوابات للاستفهام.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* apodosis

#### Descendants

* Moroccan Arabic: جواب (jwāb, jawāb)
* → Azerbaijani: cavab
* → Middle Armenian: ջուապ (ǰuap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճուղաբ (čuġab), ճուվապ (čuvap), ճէվապ (čēvap)
** Armenian: ջուղաբ (ǰuġab), ջուղապ (ǰuġap), ջուհաբ (ǰuhab), ջուաբ (ǰuab), ջուապ (ǰuap), ջուհապ (ǰuhap), ջըհաբ (ǰəhab), ջըհապ (ǰəhap), ջըղաբ (ǰəġab), ջողաբ (ǰoġab), ջողոբ (ǰoġob), ջույաբ (ǰuyab), ճողապ (čoġap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճօղապ (čōġap), ջօղաբ (ǰōġab), ջո̈ւյա̈բ (ǰüyäb), ջո̈ւղա̈բ (ǰüġäb)
* → Bambara: jaabi
* → Classical Persian: جَوَاب (jawāb)
** Tajik: жавоб (žavob)
** → Adyghe: джэуап (džɛwap)
** → Baluchi: جواب (jawáb)
** → Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
** → Bengali: জবাব (jobab)
** → Dhivehi: ޖަވާބު (javābu)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
    Urdu: جَوَاب (javāb)
** → Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
** → Khalaj: cəvâb
** → Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
** → Ossetian: дзуапп (ʒwapp)
** → Nogai: явап (yavap)
** → Pashto: جواب (ǰawãb), ځواب (jwāb)
** → Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)
** → Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
** → Tatar: җавап (cawap)
** → Turkmen: jogap
** → Telugu: జవాబు (javābu)
** → Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab), جاۋاپ (jawap)
** → Uzbek: javob
** → West Coast Bajau: jawap
* → Gagauz: cuvap
* → Malay: jawab
** Indonesian: jawab
* → Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevâp)
** Turkish: cevap
** → Crimean Tatar: cevap
** → Ladino: djoap
* → Somali: jawaab
* → Swahili: jawabu

## Baluchi
### Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

### Noun

جواب • (jawáb)
* answer, reply
    Synonym: پسئو (passaw)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَواب (jawāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.waːb/

### Noun

جواب • (jawāb) m (plural أجوِبَة (ʔajwiba) or جوابات (jawābāt))
* answer, reply

## Khalaj
### Noun

جَواب (cəvâb) (definite accusative جَوابؽ, plural جَوابلار)
* Arabic spelling of cəvâb (“reply, answer”)

#### Declension
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَواب (jawāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒwaːb/, /ʒa.waːb/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

جواب • (jwāb or jawāb) m (plural أجوبة (ʔajwiba) or جوابات (jwābāt))
* answer, reply

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

### Noun

جواب • (cevab)
* answer, reply

#### Descendants

* Turkish: cevap
* → Crimean Tatar: cevap
* → Ladino: djoap

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [d͡ʒa.ˈwɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d͡ʒä.wɔ́ːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.vɔ́b]

### Noun

جواب • (javâb) (plural جواب‌ها (javâb-hâ) or جوابات (javâbât))
* answer, reply
    Synonym: پاسخ (pâsox)
    Antonyms: سوال (soâl), پرسش (porseš)
    جواب قانع کننده نتوانست بدهد. ― javâb-e qâne' konande natvânest bedahad. ― He could not give an acceptable answer.

#### Derived terms

* جواب دادن (javâb dâdan)

#### Descendants

* Tajik: жавоб (žavob)
* → Adyghe: джэуап (džɛwap)
* → Baluchi: جواب (jawáb)
* → Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
* → Bengali: জবাব (jobab)
* → Dhivehi: ޖަވާބު (javābu)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
    Urdu: جَوَاب (javāb)
* → Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
* → Khalaj: cəvâb
* → Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
* → Ossetian: дзуапп (ʒwapp)
* → Nogai: явап (yavap)
* → Pashto: جواب (ǰawãb), ځواب (jwāb)
* → Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)
* → Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
* → Tatar: җавап (cawap)
* → Turkmen: jogap
* → Telugu: జవాబు (javābu)
* → Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab), جاۋاپ (jawap)
* → Uzbek: javob
* → West Coast Bajau: jawap

### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جواب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

### Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਵਾਬ)
* answer

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, /d͡ʒə.wɑːb/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːb

### Noun

جَوَاب • (javāb) m (Hindi spelling जवाब)
* answer, reply, response
* (figuratively) solution

#### Declension
### References

* “جواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “جواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.