بَابٌ door of in Arabic
بَابٌ is how you say “door of” in Arabic.
Root ب و ب b-w-b. noun. bāb.
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Meaning of door of in Arabic
- door, gate, entrance the basic literal sense, e.g. bāb al-bayt, 'the door of the house'
- means of access to something tropical use, as in 'this science is a bāb to that science'
- chapter or section of a book tropical; authors 'divide' (bawwaba) a book into abwāb
- a mode, kind, sort, or category tropical, as in the phrase huwa min hādhā l-bāb
Example sentence
إذ نظر عمر إلى عمير حين أناخ على باب المسجد متوشحا بالسيف
Umar saw Umair when he arrived at the mosque's door, girded with a sword.
بَابِ door
bab means 'door, gate'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'ala'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Bāb is an everyday word for a physical door or gate but is just as common in the abstract sense of "chapter" or "section," especially in book titles and classical works organized into abwāb. Its plural is irregular: أَبْوَاب (abwāb) is standard, with بِيبَان also attested.
Words from the same root
- بَوَّابٌ doorkeeper, gatekeeper
- أَبْوَابٌ doors, or chapters — plural of bāb
- بَابَةٌ a mode, manner, or kind
- بوّب to divide into chapters, classify
More example sentences
باب مفتوح من السماء من أبواب الجنة ينزل من الجنات الرحمة على بيت المقدس كل صباح حتى تقوم الساعة
A gate from the gates of Paradise is open in the heavens, from which mercy descends upon Bayt al-Maqdis every morning until the Hour is established.
بَابٌ gate
bab means 'gate, door'; the '-un' ending marks it indefinite — the subject 'a gate'.
احفظ لسانك من الفضول، وعينك من التشتت، ويدك من العبث، فإن الجوارح أبواب القلب، وما يدخلها يستوطن سريرته
Guard your tongue from curiosity, your eyes from distraction, and your hands from trifling, for the senses are gateways to the heart, and what enters them takes root in its core.
أَبْوَابُ are gateways
'abwab' = 'doors, gateways' (plural); first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the gates of...'.
اكتب ذنبًا واحدًا تُغلق بابه غدًا، وخُلقًا واحدًا تفتحه لنَفَسٍ أطول
Write down one sin you will close its door to tomorrow, and one virtue you will open for longer breath.
بَابَهُ its door
'bab' = 'door'; '-hu' = 'its', so 'its door'.
وَكَانَ على بَابه نهر جَار
And there was a flowing river by his door
بَابِهِ his door
'bab' = 'door'; '-hi' = 'his', so 'his door'.
سكينةٌ تفتح بابًا للمعنى قبل أن يطرقَه الصوت
A calmness that opens a door to meaning before sound knocks on it.
بَابًا a door
'a door,' in the -a form as object of 'opens,' indefinite — a metaphor for access. The calm opens a DOOR; to what, the 'for' phrase next says: to meaning.
فَجَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ، فَقُلْتُ لَأَكُونَنَّ بَوَّابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْيَوْمَ،
So I sat by the door and said, "Let me be the doorkeeper of the Messenger of God today, may God bless him and grant him peace."
الْبَابِ the door
The al- makes this definite, 'the door', governed by the location word before it into its oblique ending. It names the exact place.
وَعَلَى بَابِ الْمَشْرُبَةِ وَصِيفٌ
And at the doorway of the alcove was a young attendant.
بَابِ doorway
A noun 'door/doorway' as the head of a possessive pair, leaning onto 'the chamber' as owner; governed by 'at', it sits in the 'of' ending, and as the first half it drops any 'al-' of its own.
وَعَلَى بَابِهَا بَوَّابٌ،
And at its door was a doorkeeper.
بَابِهَا its door
A noun 'door' with a feminine 'its' tag suffixed, packing the possessor in — 'its door' — and held in the genitive by the 'at' preposition. The feminine suffix points back to the house as whose door this is.
Common questions
- How do you say "door" in Arabic?
- بَابٌ (bāb).
- What is the plural of بَابٌ?
- أَبْوَابٌ (abwāb) is the usual plural; بِيبَانٌ also occurs.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).