English → Arabic
gatekeeper in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- bawwāb
- Arabizi
bawwab- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- بَوَّابُونَ bawwābūn
- Root
- ب و ب
How to use it
A gatekeeper (bawwāb) is the person who controls access to a place, such as a building, garden or event. It is a common noun, masculine, and takes the regular plural bawwābūn. Use it when you talk about someone who lets people in or keeps them out.
Example sentences
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بَوَّابٌ يفتح الباب للزوار.
bawwābun yaftaḥu al-bāba lil-zuwwār.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for visitors.
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سألنا البوّاب عن موعد الاجتماع.
saʾalnā al-bawwāb ʿan mawʿid al-ijtimāʿ.
We asked the gatekeeper about the meeting time.
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البوّاب يراقب كل من يدخل.
al-bawwāb yurāqibu kulla man yadkhul.
The gatekeeper watches everyone who enters.
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.
And the gatekeeper told me, "They come everyday to see if the center will open."
وأخبرني البواب: "يأتون كل يوم ليروا إذا كان المركز سيفتح."
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
لهذا يفتح البواب والخراف تسمع صوته فيدعو خرافه الخاصة باسماء ويخرجها.
There still may be a role for the author as gatekeeper; but the textbook will know longer be the font of wisdom, and its writer will no longer control the table of contents.
وقد يظل المؤلف محتفظاً بدور حارس البوابة، ولكن الكتاب الأكاديمي لن يظل يلعب دور مشكاة الحكمة، ولن يظل مؤلفه متحكماً في محتواه.
Google has become a de facto gatekeeper of information, to the extent that if your site is not highly ranked by Google, you are like the tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it.
ثانياً، لقد تحولت جوجل بحكم الأمر الواقع إلى حارس أمامي للمعلومات، حتى أن موقعك لو لم تصنفه جوجل في مرتبة عالية فإنه يصبح كالشجرة التي تسقط في الغابة ولا يسمع سقوطها أحد.
Questions and answers
Can I use بَوَّاب for a digital security guard?
Usually بَوَّاب refers to a physical guard. For digital security you would say مُحافظ النظام أو حارس إلكتروني.
Is بَوَّاب ever used figuratively?
Yes, it can describe someone who controls access to information or opportunities, like a gatekeeper in a company.
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