From Akkadian 𒆍 (bābum). IPA(key): /bɑvɑʔ/ <span class="searchmatch">𐡁𐡁𐡀</span> • (bāḇāʾ) (Imperial Aramaic) gate, gateway court → Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (bbʾ /dar [BBA]/) בבא ܒܒܐ...
from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Logogram from Aramaic <span class="searchmatch">𐡁𐡁𐡀</span> (bāḇāʾ, “gateway; opening”). 𐭡𐭡𐭠 • (dar [BBA]) gate, door court palace...
(non-mimate) bāb ēkallim (“umbilical fissure”) Bābilim (“Babylon”) Aramaic: <span class="searchmatch">𐡁𐡁𐡀</span> (bbʾ /bāḇāʾ/) / בבא (bāḇāʾ) Arabic: بَاب (bāb) Egyptian Arabic: بَاب (bāb)...