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gate in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- bāb
- Arabizi
bab- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَبْوابٌ abwāb
- Root
- ب و ب
How to use it
"Gate" is "بَابٌ" in MSA, a masculine noun meaning a door or entrance, especially in a fence or wall. The plural is "أَبْوابٌ".
Example sentences
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فَتَحَتِ البَابَ لِلدُّخُولِ.
fataḥat al‑bāba li‑l‑dukhūli.
She opened the gate to let them in.
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يُغْلَقُ البَابُ بَعْدَ السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ.
yughlaqu al‑bābu baʿda al‑sāʿati al‑sādisa.
The gate is closed after six o’clock.
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سِجِلَتْ السَّيَّارَةُ خَلْفَ البَابِ.
sijilata al‑sayyāra khalf al‑bābi.
The car parked behind the gate.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
OR gate
بوابة "أو"
AND gate
بوابة "و"
XOR gate
بوابة "سأو" XOR
NOR gate
بوابة "لاأو"
NAND gate
بوابة "لاو"
Lock the gate.
أغلق البوابة.
The gate was called "The New Gate".
كانت تسمى بوابة "باب جديد".
There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
وللدار الداخلية باب نحو الجنوب وقاس من الباب الى الباب نحو الجنوب مئة ذراع.
And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
وللدار الداخلية باب نحو الجنوب وقاس من الباب الى الباب نحو الجنوب مئة ذراع.
And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
وللدار الداخلية باب مقابل باب للشمال وللشرق. وقاس من باب الى باب مئة ذراع
There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
وللدار الداخلية باب مقابل باب للشمال وللشرق. وقاس من باب الى باب مئة ذراع
and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
ومن فوق باب افرايم وفوق الباب العتيق وفوق باب السمك وبرج حننئيل وبرج المئة الى باب الضأن ووقفوا في باب السجن.
Questions and answers
Is "gate" ever used for electronic gates?
Yes, you can say "بَابٌ إِلِكْتُرُونِيٌّ" for a digital or electronic gate.
What about "gate" in a metaphorical sense?
Metaphorically you can use "بَاب" for opportunities, e.g., "بَابُ الفُرْصَةِ".
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