Where does “ਜਵਾਬ” come from?
ਜਵਾਬ (Punjabi) comes from Classical Persian جواب, from Arabic جَوَاب — answer, reply.
ਜਵਾਬ (Punjabi): answer, response
Ancestry of “ਜਵਾਬ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | جواب | — |
| 2 | Arabic | جَوَاب | answer, reply |