# jawab

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.
2. Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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