جواب jawāb A s. m. An answer, reply, any thing answering to another. جواب باصواب jawāb-i-bā-ṣawāb, s. m. A proper answer. جواب بالا jawāb-bālā, A kind of benediction (i. e. may your advice prevail). جواب ده jawāb-dih, An- swerer; adj. Amenable, accountable, responsi- ble, answerable. جواب دينا jawāb-denā, 1. To be accountable for, to be amenable or responsi- ble, to reply, to answer, to give an answer or account (of any commission, &c.). 2. To dis- charge, disband, to dismiss one from his office. جواب سوال jawāb suwāl, s. m. Altercation, conversation. جواب سوالي jawāb-suwāl-ī, s. m. Re- ply, rejoinder. جواب قطعي jawāb-i-ḳat̤ʼīﻌ, s. m. A definitive answer. جواب ملنا jawāb milnā, To be dismissed or discharged. جوات نامه ja- wāb-nāma, s. m. A writing fixed to the winding sheet, on the breast of the deceased, which it is intended that Munkar and Nakīr should read, in case the poor soul should be too much flurried to answer their questions. See منکرنکير munkar nakīr.

جوابي jawāb-ī A (from جواب) s. m. 1. A respon-

جواد jauwād A adj. (superl. of جود) Liberal, be- nificent, bountiful, very liberal.

جوار jiwār A or juwār, s. m. Neighbourhood, vi- cinity, adjacency.

جوار joʼār H or jwār, s. f. 1. The name of a grain, Indian corn, maize. (Holcus sorgum). ¶ 2. ja- wār, Flood-tide.

جوارا juwārā H s. m. Large maize.

جوارس jawāras P. s. m. Corr. of جوارش q. v.

جوارش jawārish P. s. f. A stomachick medicine. (An Arabism of گوارش from گواريدن To digest or concoct).

جواري jūʼārī S̱. or jwārī or juʼārī (द्यूतकारी) s. m. 1. A gambler. 2. A thread stretched over the bridge of a musical instrument, beneath the cords, whereby the sound is said to be im- proved.

جواز jawāz A s. m. Permission, toleration, law- fulness, propriety.

جواسا jawāsā यवास S̱. s. m. A prickly bush of which ṭaṭṭīs are made. (Hedysarum alhagi).