جواب

jawáabǰawā́bJawabjawāb

Other spellingsجَوابپجواب

جوابnounmasculine

answer, response, reply, dismissal

Meanings

  1. answer, response, reply (ځواب)
  2. answer
  3. dismissal, discharge
  4. refusal
  5. answer, reply, retort
  6. answer, also see (ځواب)
  7. answer, riposte, rejoinder, retort
  8. An answer, a reply. جواب ده jawāb dih, An answerer, a replier

Pashto definitions

  1. ځواب
  2. بدل، عوض
  3. انکار
  4. مثال، ثاني
  5. پېغام
  6. ځواب، غبرګون، د سوال ځواب، د پوښتنې ځواب

Examples

  • قطعي جواب

    a definite answer

  • مترددانه جواب

    an indefinite answer, reluctant answer; a refusal, rejection

  • جواب کول

    to answer

  • جواب ميندل

    to receive an answer

  • جواب ورکول

    to give an answer, to reply; to fire, to dismiss; to refuse

Forms

arabicPlural
جواباتjawaabaat
abb
ج
plural
جوابونهjawābūnah

Phrases

  • جواب دهيjawāb dihī

    Amenable, accountable, responsible, answerable. جواب سوال jawāb suwāl, Altercation, conversation. جواب کول jawāb kawul, verb trans. To answer, to reply to

  • جواب مندلjawāb mundal

    To get an answer, to be dismissed or discharged

  • جواب نامهjawāb nāmaʿh

    A written reply, an answer

  • جواب ور کولjawāb war kawul

    To discharge, to dismiss, to disband, to answer to, to reply to. حاضر جواب ḥāẓir jawāb, Echo. 2. A ready reply or answer. 3. adj. Pert. قطعي جواب kat̤œī jawāb, A definite reply or answer

Translations (4)
German
Antwort f., Erwiderung f., Widerrede f., schlagfertige Antwort, negative Antwort · Antwort (die) · Erwiderung (die) · Widerrede (die) · schlagfertige Antwort · negative Antwort
French
réponse (f.) · réplique (f.) · riposte (f.). · réponse · réplique · riposte
Dutch
antwoord · gevolg
Russian
ответ; ~ قطعی определённый ответ; ~ مترددانه неопределённый, уклончивый ответ; отказ, отклонение; سوًال ~ спор, пререкания, препирательства; کول ~ отвечать; میندل ~ получать ответ · увольнение, расчёт · отказ; ورکول ~ а) давать ответ, отвечать; б) увольнять; в) отказывать; ~ چه سوال، هغسی посл. как аукнется, так и откликнется (букв. каков вопрос, таков и ответ)

Etymology: Arabic