بواب

Arabic

Etymology

From بَاب (bāb, “door”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baw.waːb/

Noun

بَوَّاب • (bawwāb) m (plural بَوَّابُونَ (bawwābūna), feminine بَوَّابَة (bawwāba))

  1. 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
  • → Azerbaijani: bəvvab
  • → English: bowab
  • → Greek: μπουάπης (bouápis), μπουάπα (bouápa)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بواب (bevvab)
    • Turkish: bevvab
  • → Persian: بواب (bavvâb)
  • → Swahili: bawabu
  • → Urdu: بواب (bavvāb)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَوَّاب (bawwāb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bev.ˈvaːb/

Noun

بواب • (bevvab) (plural بوابون)

  1. a gate-keeper, a porter; an usher or chamberlain; especially, an usher or chamberlain in a royal palace
    Synonym: قپوجی
  2. the opening of the stomach into the bowel, the pyloris

Descendants
  • Turkish: bevvab

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَوَّاب (bawwāb).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bäw.wɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bäw.wɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bäw.wɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? bawwāḇ
Dari reading? bawwāb
Iranian reading? baw-vâb
Tajik reading? bavvob

Noun
Dari بواب
Iranian Persian
Tajik баввоб

بواب • (bavvâb)

  1. doorkeeper

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic بَوَّاب (bawwāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَوّاب • (bavvāb) m (Hindi spelling बव्वाब)

  1. doorman, doorkeeper

Further reading
  • “بواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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