"باب" meaning in Persian

See باب in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbaːb/ [Classical-Persian], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Kabuli], [bɔːb̥] (note: Hazaragi), [bɒːb̥] [Iran, formal], [bɔb] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bāb [romanization], bâb [romanization]
Head templates: {{fa-adj|tr=bāb /bâb}} باب • (bāb / bâb)
  1. appropriate
    Sense id: en-باب-fa-adj-w5p9VPVb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbaːb/ [Classical-Persian], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Kabuli], [bɔːb̥] (note: Hazaragi), [bɒːb̥] [Iran, formal], [bɔb] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bāb [romanization], bâb [romanization]
Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian bābumbor. Aramaic בָּבָאbor. Arabic بَاب (bāb)bor. Persian باب Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>بَاب>gate|id=gate|tree=1}} Etymology tree Akkadian bābumbor. Aramaic בָּבָאbor. Arabic بَاب (bāb)bor. Persian باب, {{bor+|fa|ar|بَاب|t=gate}} Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”) Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun||||||<small>[Term?]</small>||<small>[Term?]</small>|head=|id=|tr=bāb /bâb|tr2=|tr3=}} باب • (bāb /bâb), {{fa-proper noun|tr=bāb /bâb}} باب • (bāb /bâb)
  1. Báb Derived forms: بابی (bābī / bâbi), بابیه (bābiyya / bâbiye)
    Sense id: en-باب-fa-name-D4P-1ehG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbaːb/ [Classical-Persian], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Kabuli], [bɔːb̥] (note: Hazaragi), [bɒːb̥] [Iran, formal], [bɔb] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bāb [romanization], bâb [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Bob. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|en|Bob}} Borrowed from English Bob Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun||||||<small>[Term?]</small>||<small>[Term?]</small>|head=|id=|tr=bāb /bâb|tr2=|tr3=}} باب • (bāb /bâb), {{fa-proper noun|tr=bāb /bâb}} باب • (bāb /bâb)
  1. a transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Bob
    Sense id: en-باب-fa-name-11JNhnBx Categories (other): Persian renderings of English diminutives of male given names, Persian renderings of English male given names, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Baháʼí Faith Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 2 6 14 5 4 4 5 2 8 2 0 2 14 8 2 4 2 2 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 14 5 4 4 5 2 14 2 0 2 13 8 2 4 2 2 14 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 66 18 3 8 Disambiguation of Baháʼí Faith: 0 22 51 13 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaːb/ [Classical-Persian], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Kabuli], [bɔːb̥] (note: Hazaragi), [bɒːb̥] [Iran, formal], [bɔb] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bāb [romanization], bâb [romanization], بابها [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian bābumbor. Aramaic בָּבָאbor. Arabic بَاب (bāb)bor. Persian باب Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|bor|ar>بَاب>gate|id=gate|tree=1}} Etymology tree Akkadian bābumbor. Aramaic בָּבָאbor. Arabic بَاب (bāb)bor. Persian باب, {{bor+|fa|ar|بَاب|t=gate}} Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”) Head templates: {{fa-noun|pl=بابها|pltr=bāb-hā /bâb-hâ|tr=bāb /bâb}} باب • (bāb / bâb) (plural بابها (bāb-hā / bâb-hâ))
  1. chapter (of a written work) Synonyms: فصل, فرگرد, چپتر
    Sense id: en-باب-fa-noun-cJK61Wv0 Categories (other): Persian entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology trees: 14 51 35
  2. (archaic, original sense) door, gate Tags: archaic Synonyms: در
    Sense id: en-باب-fa-noun-g79zSTMF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaːb/ [Classical-Persian], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Dari, formal], [bɑːb] [Kabuli], [bɔːb̥] (note: Hazaragi), [bɒːb̥] [Iran, formal], [bɔb] [Tajik, formal] Forms: bāb [romanization], bâb [romanization]
Head templates: {{fa-noun|tr=bāb /bâb}} باب • (bāb / bâb)
  1. (archaic) father Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-باب-fa-noun-iKGIHwAl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "fa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bāb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bâb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appropriate"
      ],
      "id": "en-باب-fa-adj-w5p9VPVb",
      "links": [
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔːb̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɒːb̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔb]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "باب"
}

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      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "fa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "bor",
        "3": "ar>بَاب>gate",
        "id": "gate",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nAkkadian bābumbor.\nAramaic בָּבָאbor.\nArabic بَاب (bāb)bor.\nPersian باب",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَاب",
        "t": "gate"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nAkkadian bābumbor.\nAramaic בָּבָאbor.\nArabic بَاب (bāb)bor.\nPersian باب\nBorrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bāb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bâb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بابها",
      "roman": "bāb-hā / bâb-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "بابها",
        "pltr": "bāb-hā /bâb-hâ",
        "tr": "bāb /bâb"
      },
      "expansion": "باب • (bāb / bâb) (plural بابها (bāb-hā / bâb-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 51 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chapter (of a written work)"
      ],
      "id": "en-باب-fa-noun-cJK61Wv0",
      "links": [
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "فصل"
        },
        {
          "word": "فرگرد"
        },
        {
          "word": "چپتر"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Since thou art the gate of the city of Knowledge,\nsince thou art the beams of the sun of Clemency.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3763:",
          "roman": "čūn tū bābē ān madīna-yi ilm rā\nčūn šu'ā'ē āftāb-i hilm rā",
          "text": "چون تو بابی آن مدینهی علم را\nچون شعاعی آفتاب حلم را",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "door, gate"
      ],
      "id": "en-باب-fa-noun-g79zSTMF",
      "links": [
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "gate",
          "gate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "original sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, original sense) door, gate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "در"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔːb̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɒːb̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔb]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "باب"
}

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      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "fa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "ar>بَاب>gate",
        "id": "gate",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nAkkadian bābumbor.\nAramaic בָּבָאbor.\nArabic بَاب (bāb)bor.\nPersian باب",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَاب",
        "t": "gate"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nAkkadian bābumbor.\nAramaic בָּבָאbor.\nArabic بَاب (bāb)bor.\nPersian باب\nBorrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bāb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bâb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "10": "<small>[Term?]</small>",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "<small>[Term?]</small>",
        "9": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "bāb /bâb",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "باب • (bāb /bâb)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "bāb /bâb"
      },
      "expansion": "باب • (bāb /bâb)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bābī / bâbi",
          "word": "بابی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bābiyya / bâbiye",
          "word": "بابیه"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Báb"
      ],
      "id": "en-باب-fa-name-D4P-1ehG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Báb",
          "Báb"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔːb̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɒːb̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔb]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "باب"
}

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "fa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bāb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bâb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "bāb /bâb"
      },
      "expansion": "باب • (bāb / bâb)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "id": "en-باب-fa-noun-iKGIHwAl",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) father"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔːb̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɒːb̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔb]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "باب"
}

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "fa:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "Bob"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English Bob",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Bob.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bāb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bâb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "10": "<small>[Term?]</small>",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "<small>[Term?]</small>",
        "9": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "bāb /bâb",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "باب • (bāb /bâb)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "bāb /bâb"
      },
      "expansion": "باب • (bāb /bâb)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian renderings of English diminutives of male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian renderings of English male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 14 5 4 4 5 2 8 2 0 2 14 8 2 4 2 2 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 14 5 4 4 5 2 14 2 0 2 13 8 2 4 2 2 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 66 18 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 22 51 13 5 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Baháʼí Faith",
          "orig": "fa:Baháʼí Faith",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "SpongeBob",
          "roman": "bâb esfanji",
          "text": "باب اسفنجی",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Bob Dylan",
          "roman": "bâb dilen",
          "text": "باب دیلن",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Bob"
      ],
      "id": "en-باب-fa-name-11JNhnBx",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "Bob",
          "Bob#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑːb]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔːb̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
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