"bab" meaning in Malay

See bab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bap/ Forms: باب [Jawi], bab-bab [plural], bab² [plural]
Rhymes: -bap, -ap Etymology: From Arabic بَاب (bāb). Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|ar|بَاب}} Arabic بَاب (bāb) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=باب}} bab (Jawi spelling باب, plural bab-bab or bab²)
  1. chapter (section in a book)
    Sense id: en-bab-ms-noun-qHOlHvIS Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 21 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        "2": "ar",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَاب (bāb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "باب",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bab-bab",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bab²",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "باب"
      },
      "expansion": "bab (Jawi spelling باب, plural bab-bab or bab²)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 21 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chapter (section in a book)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bab-ms-noun-qHOlHvIS",
      "links": [
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bap/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-bap"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bab"
}

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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَاب (bāb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "باب",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bab-bab",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bab²",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "باب"
      },
      "expansion": "bab (Jawi spelling باب, plural bab-bab or bab²)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay nouns",
        "Malay palindromes",
        "Malay terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Malay terms derived from Arabic",
        "Pages with 21 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ap",
        "Rhymes:Malay/bap"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chapter (section in a book)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bap/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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