Arabic vocabulary
أَبْوَابٌgates in Arabic
أَبْوَابٌ is how you say “gates” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ب و ب (b-w-b)noun (broken plural of بَابٌ)Pronounced abwāb
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
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
- بَابٌa door, gate, or entrance
- بَوَّابٌa doorkeeper, gatekeeper
- بوّبdivided a book into chapters
- تبوّبtook on a doorkeeper for himself
- بَابَةٌa 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.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
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.
أَبْوَابِ — gates. abwab means 'gates' (plural of bab); heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'min'.
From: Angels at al-Aqsa →
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