jawab جواب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jawab” (جواب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning answer, response.
Meanings
- answer, response
- letter, mail
Usage
Jawab, often pronounced jwab, means "answer": 3tini jwab, "give me an answer". In Morocco the word also traditionally means a letter sent by post: sifet lik jwab, "I sent you a letter". This sense is somewhat dated among young people, who use messages more. The plural is ajwiba or jwabat. For a quick spoken reply, you can also use the verb jawb, "to answer". Do not confuse it with jwab meaning the answer to an exam question, which is the same word.
Example
هادا جواب زوين
hada jawab zwin
“That's a good answer.”
Forms
| plural | ajwiba |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jawab” but also “jwab”, “jawabe” and “jwabe”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jawab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “answer, reply”; “letter, mail (old usage)”: jwab in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “answer, reply”; “letter, mail”: jweb in Tunisian.