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Arabic
Etymology
Verbal noun of اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba).
Pronunciation
Noun
اِسْتِجْوَاب • (istijwāb) m
- verbal noun of اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba) (form X)
- questioning, interrogation
Declension
Declension of noun اِسْتِجْوَاب (istijwāb)
| Singular
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basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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اِسْتِجْوَاب
istijwāb
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الِاسْتِجْوَاب
al-istijwāb
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اِسْتِجْوَاب
istijwāb
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| Nominative
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اِسْتِجْوَابٌ
istijwābun
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الِاسْتِجْوَابُ
al-istijwābu
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اِسْتِجْوَابُ
istijwābu
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| Accusative
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اِسْتِجْوَابًا
istijwāban
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الِاسْتِجْوَابَ
al-istijwāba
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اِسْتِجْوَابَ
istijwāba
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| Genitive
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اِسْتِجْوَابٍ
istijwābin
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الِاسْتِجْوَابِ
al-istijwābi
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اِسْتِجْوَابِ
istijwābi
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Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: استجواب (isticvab)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Nişanyan considers the word a 19th century pseudo-Arabism, derived from ج و ب (j w b),
however the word does appear in Wehr's dictionary of 20th century Arabic.
Noun
استجواب • (isticvab)
- questioning; interrogation
Descendants
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “isticvab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “isticvap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “جوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz