bab باب
Algerian Darja · noun
“bab” (باب) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning door.
Meanings
- door
- gate, city gate
Usage
Bab is the common word for the door of a house, a room or a car. The plural is biban. You say hall el bab, "open the door", and sakker el bab or ghleq el bab, "close the door". The word also appears in many place names referring to former city gates or neighborhoods, such as Bab El Oued. The expression dqq el bab, "knock on the door", is also used figuratively to mean "approach someone for help".
Example
سكّر الباب وراك
sakker el bab warak
“Close the door behind you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bab” but also “beb” and “baab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “door”; “gate (of a city)”: bab in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “door”; “gate, city gate”: beb in Tunisian.