How to say "door" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningdoor
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَاب
bābבאב
باب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דלת
deletدِلِت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ب-و-بAramaic בבא "gate" — the same word as Arabic bāb, both usually traced back to Akkadian bābu — lives on in the Talmud tractates בבא קמא and בבא בתרא, "the first gate" and "the last gate". So you already know this word from the bookshelf.
Related Hebrew word:בבאbavaبَاڤَا
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In a phrase
الْبَاب مَفْتُوح
al-bāb maftūḥאל-באב מפתוחThe door is open.
Plural
أَبْوَاب
abwābאבואבbroken plural aCCāC — like وَلَد→أَوْلَاد