Where does “جواب” come from?

جواب (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic جواب, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

جواب (Moroccan Arabic): answer, reply

Definitions

  1. answer, reply

Ancestry of “جواب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجوابanswer, reply
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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