أَبْوَابٌ gates in Arabic
أَبْوَابٌ is how you say “gates” in Arabic.
Root ب و ب b-w-b. noun (broken plural of بَابٌ). abwāb.
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Meaning of gates in Arabic
- doors, gates the plural of بَابٌ in its literal sense of a door or gateway
- chapters, sections of a book used for the divisions of a book or piece of writing
- kinds, categories, expedients e.g. أَبْوَابُ الحَرْبِ, the stratagems or tactics of war
Example sentence
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.
أَبْوَابِ gates
abwab means 'gates' (plural of bab); heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'min'.
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How it is used
أَبْوَابٌ is the common irregular plural of بَابٌ (alongside the rarer بِيبَانٌ and أَبْوِبَةٌ). Besides literal doors or gates, it regularly names the chapters of a book and, more figuratively, the distinct kinds or expedients of something, as in أَبْوَابُ الحَرْبِ, "the stratagems of war."
Words from the same root
- بَابٌ a door, gate, or entrance
- بَوَّابٌ a doorkeeper, gatekeeper
- بوّب divided a book into chapters
- تبوّب took on a doorkeeper for himself
- بَابَةٌ a mode, manner, or way
Common questions
- How do you say "gates" in Arabic?
- أَبْوَابٌ (abwāb) — the plural of بَابٌ (bāb), meaning door or gate.
- What is the singular of أَبْوَابٌ?
- بَابٌ (bāb), "a door" or "a gate," which also gives the sense of a book's chapter.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).