s. m, Corrupted from the Arabic word Jawáb. Answer, reply; discharge, refusal; anything corresponding to another, a counterpart:—jabáb dáwá, s. m. The answer to a plaint, charge, or accusation:—jabáb deṉá, v. a. To answer, to discharge, to refuse; to be accountable for, to be responsible:—jabáb hoṉá, v. n. To be dismissed, or discharged:—jabáb karná, v. a. To make answer:—jabáb milná, v. n. To be dismissed or discharged:—jabáb sawál, s. m. Questions and answers; disputation: c. w. karná.