jweb جواب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jweb” (جواب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning answer, reply.
Meanings
- answer, reply
- letter, mail
Usage
Jweb refers first to the answer to a question, a call or a request: "ma 3tani 7atta jweb" (he gave me no answer at all). One also says "rodd jweb" for "to answer". The word also means a letter sent by post, especially in administrative use: "jweb madhmoun el wousoul" corresponds to a registered letter. The common plural is jwebet. Depending on the region, the vowel ranges from "jweb" to "jwab". For an answer to an exam question, the standard word ijeba is also used.
Example
بعثتلو ميساج وما جانيش جواب
b3athtlou message w ma jenich jweb
“I sent him a message and I got no reply.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jweb” but also “jwab”, “jawab”, “jweeb” and “jwap”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jweb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “answer, response”; “letter, mail”: jawab in Moroccan.
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.