bab باب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bab” (باب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning door.
Meanings
- door
- gate (of a city)
- entrance to, in front of
Usage
Bab is the usual word for the door of a house or a room, but also for the great gates of the medinas, which give their name to many neighbourhoods (Bab Lhad, Bab Ftouh). It is masculine, and its plural is bibane or bwab. It is often used in a construct: bab ddar, "the door of the house", bab sbitar, "the entrance of the hospital". It appears in common verb phrases: 7ell lbab, "to open the door", sedd lbab, "to close the door". The register is neutral.
Example
عالقو فل باب
3al9o fl bab
“Hang them on the door.”
Forms
| plural | biban |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bab” but also “beb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “door”; “gate, city gate”: bab in Algerian.
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.