बाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باب (bāb), from Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑːb/, [bäːb]

Noun

बाब • (bāb) m

1. door, gate
2. section, chapter (of a book)
3. topic

Declension

Declension of बाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाब bāb	बाब, अबवाब bāb, abvāb
oblique	बाब bāb	बाबों, अबवाबों bābõ, abvābõ
vocative	बाब bāb	बाबो, अबवाबो bābo, abvābo

Related terms

• अबवाब (abvāb)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press