جب

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See also: حب, خت, چت, and چپ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From the root ج ب ب (j-b-b). Related to Classical Syriac ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā).

Verb

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جَبَّ (jabba) I (non-past يَجُبُّ (yajubbu), verbal noun جَبّ (jabb) or جِبَاب (jibāb))

  1. to sever, to notch, to cut, to chop off, to lop off, to truncate
  2. to beat down the leaves
  3. to castrate entirely, to cut off a man's penis
  4. to fructify the fruit palm
  5. to surpass, to overcome, to vanquish
Conjugation
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Noun

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جُبّ (jubbm (plural أَجْبَاب (ʔajbāb) or جِبَاب (jibāb))

  1. cistern, well
  2. pit, fosse, cavity
  3. pothole, chuckhole
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: aljub
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: aljube
  • Ottoman Turkish: جب (cübb)
  • Sicilian: gebbia
  • Spanish: aljibe

Noun

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جَبّ (jabbm

  1. verbal noun of جَبَّ (jabba) (form I)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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جُبْ (jub) (form I) /d͡ʒub/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of جَابَ (jāba)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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جِبْ (jib) (form I) /d͡ʒib/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَجَبَ (wajaba)

Urdu

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Etymology

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From اب (ab, now). Cognate with Punjabi ਜਦੋਂ (jadõ) / جدوں (jadõ).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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جب (jab) (Hindi spelling जब)

  1. when (non-interrogative)

Derived terms

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References

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  • جب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.