باب

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See also: تأت, پاپ, بات, تاب, تأب, and باپ

Arabic

بَاب
Root
ب و ب (b-w-b)

Etymology

Usually considered a borrowing from Aramaic בָּבָא (bāḇā, “gate”), from Akkadian 𒆍 (bābum, “gate”), particularly since the Arabs, living in tents, did not need doors. However, Hans Bauer considers all of these words native, explaining the formation as an ancient univerbation of etyma equivalent to Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa) بِ (bi) “he has entered into (the house)”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːb/
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Noun

بَاب • (bāb) m (plural أَبْوَاب (ʔabwāb) or بِيبَان (bībān))

  1. door, gate
  2. opening, gateway
  3. entrance
  4. gullet, weasand
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 33, Art. 10, page 677 line 6:
      وقد تخرج للدابة من حنكها ويسمي التحنيك وصفة العمل في ذلك إذا أحنكت الدابة فأفتح لها من الدرجة الثالثة والرابعة ولا تفتح لها قرب الباب لأن الدم ربما عسر إمساكه فتلف الدابة.
      One may extract the blood from the jaw of a beast and it is called taḥnīk and the operation consists in that you have bound the beast with a chinstrap and now cut it open to the third or fourth degree but don’t open it close the throat as it may be difficult to contain the blood and the beast will succumb.
  5. opportunity, a chance, opening
  6. military tactic, maneuver, an opening to use a strategy
  7. chapter, section, column
  8. group, class, category
  9. (astronomy) appearance of an astronomical body, a juncture, an opening to observe
  10. (figurative) domain, field

Declension

Declension of noun بَاب (bāb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بَاب
bāb 		الْبَاب
al-bāb 		بَاب
bāb
Nominative بَابٌ
bābun 		الْبَابُ
al-bābu 		بَابُ
bābu
Accusative بَابًا
bāban 		الْبَابَ
al-bāba 		بَابَ
bāba
Genitive بَابٍ
bābin 		الْبَابِ
al-bābi 		بَابِ
bābi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal بَابَيْن
bābayn 		الْبَابَيْن
al-bābayn 		بَابَيْ
bābay
Nominative بَابَانِ
bābāni 		الْبَابَانِ
al-bābāni 		بَابَا
bābā
Accusative بَابَيْنِ
bābayni 		الْبَابَيْنِ
al-bābayni 		بَابَيْ
bābay
Genitive بَابَيْنِ
bābayni 		الْبَابَيْنِ
al-bābayni 		بَابَيْ
bābay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَبْوَاب‎; بِيبَان
ʔabwāb‎; bībān 		الْأَبْوَاب‎; الْبِيبَان
al-ʔabwāb‎; al-bībān 		أَبْوَاب‎; بِيبَان
ʔabwāb‎; bībān
Nominative أَبْوَابٌ‎; بِيبَانٌ
ʔabwābun‎; bībānun 		الْأَبْوَابُ‎; الْبِيبَانُ
al-ʔabwābu‎; al-bībānu 		أَبْوَابُ‎; بِيبَانُ
ʔabwābu‎; bībānu
Accusative أَبْوَابًا‎; بِيبَانًا
ʔabwāban‎; bībānan 		الْأَبْوَابَ‎; الْبِيبَانَ
al-ʔabwāba‎; al-bībāna 		أَبْوَابَ‎; بِيبَانَ
ʔabwāba‎; bībāna
Genitive أَبْوَابٍ‎; بِيبَانٍ
ʔabwābin‎; bībānin 		الْأَبْوَابِ‎; الْبِيبَانِ
al-ʔabwābi‎; al-bībāni 		أَبْوَابِ‎; بِيبَانِ
ʔabwābi‎; bībāni

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: bieb
  • → Middle Armenian: պապ (pap), բաբ (bab)
  • → Malay: bab
    • Indonesian: bab
  • → Persian: باب
  • → Ottoman Turkish: باب (bab)
  • → Turkmen: bap

References

  • Bauer, Hans (1935) “Etymologica II”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 10, page 165
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 14
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “باب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 170
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 74
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “باب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 101
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “باب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 30

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

باب • (bāb) m (plural بيبان (bibā́n))

  1. door

Malay

Adjective

باب (plural باب-باب or باب۲, informal 1st possessive بابکو, 2nd possessive بابمو, 3rd possessive بابڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bab

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

باب • (bāb) m or f (plural بيبان (bībān) or بواب (bwāb))

  1. door, gate

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bāḇ
Dari reading? bāb
Iranian reading? bâb
Tajik reading? bob

Etymology 1

Adjective

باب • (bâb)

  1. appropriate

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Noun

Dari باب
Iranian Persian
Tajik боб

باب • (bâb) (plural باب‌ها (bâb-hâ))

  1. door
  2. gate
  3. chapter

Proper noun

باب • (bâb)

  1. the Báb
Synonyms
Related terms

Etymology 3

Noun

باب • (bâb)

  1. (archaic) father

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English Bob.

Proper noun

باب • (bâb)

  1. A transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Bob
    باب اسفنجی ― bâb esfanji ― SpongeBob
    باب دیلن ― bâb dilen ― Bob Dylan

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

باب • (bāb) m (plural بواب (bwāb))

  1. door
  2. gate
    Synonym: بوابة (bawwābe)
  3. entrance
    Synonym: مدخل (madḵal)
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