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بَوَّابَ doorkeeper in Arabic

بَوَّابَ is how you say “doorkeeper” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

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."

بَوَّابَ doorkeeper

The first noun of an 'of' pair, 'doorkeeper', the role the speaker vows to take; it borrows definiteness from the owner to follow. The doubled middle consonant is part of this intensive 'one who does X' noun-shape.

From Three Companions Promised Paradise

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