بواب
Arabic
Etymology
From بَاب (bāb, “door”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baw.waːb/
Noun
بَوَّاب • (bawwāb) m (plural بَوَّابُونَ (bawwābūna), feminine بَوَّابَة (bawwāba))
- doorman, doorkeeper, gatekeeper
- Synonym: (obsolete) فَيْتَق (faytaq)
Declension
Declension of noun بَوَّاب (bawwāb)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَوَّاب bawwāb |
الْبَوَّاب al-bawwāb |
بَوَّاب bawwāb |
بَوَّابَة bawwāba |
الْبَوَّابَة al-bawwāba |
بَوَّابَة bawwābat |
| Nominative | بَوَّابٌ bawwābun |
الْبَوَّابُ al-bawwābu |
بَوَّابُ bawwābu |
بَوَّابَةٌ bawwābatun |
الْبَوَّابَةُ al-bawwābatu |
بَوَّابَةُ bawwābatu |
| Accusative | بَوَّابًا bawwāban |
الْبَوَّابَ al-bawwāba |
بَوَّابَ bawwāba |
بَوَّابَةً bawwābatan |
الْبَوَّابَةَ al-bawwābata |
بَوَّابَةَ bawwābata |
| Genitive | بَوَّابٍ bawwābin |
الْبَوَّابِ al-bawwābi |
بَوَّابِ bawwābi |
بَوَّابَةٍ bawwābatin |
الْبَوَّابَةِ al-bawwābati |
بَوَّابَةِ bawwābati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَوَّابَيْن bawwābayn |
الْبَوَّابَيْن al-bawwābayn |
بَوَّابَيْ bawwābay |
بَوَّابَتَيْن bawwābatayn |
الْبَوَّابَتَيْن al-bawwābatayn |
بَوَّابَتَيْ bawwābatay |
| Nominative | بَوَّابَانِ bawwābāni |
الْبَوَّابَانِ al-bawwābāni |
بَوَّابَا bawwābā |
بَوَّابَتَانِ bawwābatāni |
الْبَوَّابَتَانِ al-bawwābatāni |
بَوَّابَتَا bawwābatā |
| Accusative | بَوَّابَيْنِ bawwābayni |
الْبَوَّابَيْنِ al-bawwābayni |
بَوَّابَيْ bawwābay |
بَوَّابَتَيْنِ bawwābatayni |
الْبَوَّابَتَيْنِ al-bawwābatayni |
بَوَّابَتَيْ bawwābatay |
| Genitive | بَوَّابَيْنِ bawwābayni |
الْبَوَّابَيْنِ al-bawwābayni |
بَوَّابَيْ bawwābay |
بَوَّابَتَيْنِ bawwābatayni |
الْبَوَّابَتَيْنِ al-bawwābatayni |
بَوَّابَتَيْ bawwābatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَوَّابِين bawwābīn |
الْبَوَّابِين al-bawwābīn |
بَوَّابِي bawwābī |
بَوَّابَات bawwābāt |
الْبَوَّابَات al-bawwābāt |
بَوَّابَات bawwābāt |
| Nominative | بَوَّابُونَ bawwābūna |
الْبَوَّابُونَ al-bawwābūna |
بَوَّابُو bawwābū |
بَوَّابَاتٌ bawwābātun |
الْبَوَّابَاتُ al-bawwābātu |
بَوَّابَاتُ bawwābātu |
| Accusative | بَوَّابِينَ bawwābīna |
الْبَوَّابِينَ al-bawwābīna |
بَوَّابِي bawwābī |
بَوَّابَاتٍ bawwābātin |
الْبَوَّابَاتِ al-bawwābāti |
بَوَّابَاتِ bawwābāti |
| Genitive | بَوَّابِينَ bawwābīna |
الْبَوَّابِينَ al-bawwābīna |
بَوَّابِي bawwābī |
بَوَّابَاتٍ bawwābātin |
الْبَوَّابَاتِ al-bawwābāti |
بَوَّابَاتِ bawwābāti |
Descendants
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بواب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “بواب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Ottoman Turkish
Noun
بواب • (bevvab) (plural بوابون)
- a gate-keeper, a porter; an usher or chamberlain; especially, an usher or chamberlain in a royal palace
- Synonym: قپوجی
- the opening of the stomach into the bowel, the pyloris
Descendants
- Turkish: bevvab
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بواب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 390
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /bawˈwɑːb/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /bawˈwɑːb/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /bæwˈvɒːb/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /bavˈvɔb/
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “بواب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بواب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu
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