jawab

noun

1. An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.

   historical

2. Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.

   Flanking the mausoleum […] are two symmetrically identical buildings — the mosque, which faces east, and its jawab, which faces west and provides aesthetic balance.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani جَوَاب (javāb) / जवाब (javāb), from Classical Persian جَوَاب (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry jawab (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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