بواب

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ب و ب (b w b)
5 terms

Occupational noun of بَاب (bāb, “door”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baw.waːb/

Noun

بَوَّاب • (bawwāb) m (plural بَوَّابُون (bawwābūn), 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^[1], 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): /bɛv.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 pylorus

Descendants

• Turkish: bevvab

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بواب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 390

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَوَّاب (bawwāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baw.ˈwaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäw.wɑ́ːb]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæw.vɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäw.vɔ́b]

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

Noun

Dari	بواب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	баввоб

بواب • (bavvâb)

1. doorkeeper

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

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic بَوَّاب (bawwāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəʋ.ʋɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

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, 2025.