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Hindi
Etymology
From अब (ab, “now”). Cognate with Punjabi ਜਦੋਂ (jadõ) / جدوں (jadõ).
Pronunciation
Adverb
जब • (jab) (Urdu spelling جب)
- when (relative)
जब मैं छोटा था, मैं बहुत तेज़ होता था।- jab ma͠i choṭā thā, ma͠i bahut tez hotā thā.
- When I was little, I used to be very mischievous.
Coordinate terms
| type
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interrogative
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relative
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proximal demonstrative
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distal demonstrative
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indefinite
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| basic
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non-emphatic
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कौन (kaun, “who?”),
क्या (kyā, “what?”)
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जो (jo)
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यह (yah)
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वह (vah)
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कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī),
कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch),
कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī)
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| emphatic
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-
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जो भी (jo bhī)
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यही (yahī)
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वही (vahī)
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कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī)
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| time
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non-emphatic
|
कब (kab)
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जब (jab)
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अब (ab)
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तब (tab)
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कभी (kabhī)
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| emphatic
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-
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जभी (jabhī)
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अभी (abhī)
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तभी (tabhī)
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कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
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| place
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non-emphatic
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कहाँ (kahā̃)
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जहाँ (jahā̃)
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यहाँ (yahā̃)
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वहाँ (vahā̃)
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कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”)
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| emphatic
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-
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जहीं (jahī̃)
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यहीं (yahī̃)
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वहीं (vahī̃)
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कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”)
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| quantity
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कितना (kitnā)
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जितना (jitnā)
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इतना (itnā)
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उतना (utnā)
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-
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| direction
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किधर (kidhar)
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जिधर (jidhar)
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इधर (idhar)
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उधर (udhar)
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-
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| quality
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कैसा (kaisā)
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जैसा (jaisā)
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ऐसा (aisā)
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वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā)
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कोई सा (koī sā)
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| manner
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कैसे (kaise)
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जैसे (jaise)
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ऐसे (aise),
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वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise)
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-
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| reason/manner
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क्यों (kyõ)
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ज्यों (jyõ)
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क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ)
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त्यों (tyõ)
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Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “जब”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “जब”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “जब”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House