بَوَّابَdoorkeeper

Example sentences

• 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 →