بَاب (و)(n. ac. بَوْب) a. [La], Was doorkeeper to. بَوَّبَa. Classified; divided into chapters. b. Directed. تَبَوَّبَa. Took, engaged a door-keeper. بَوَّاْبa. Door-keeper, gate-keeper, hall-porter. بَوَّاْبَةa. Gate. بَاب (pl. أَبْوَاب [] ) a. Door, gate, entrance; port. b. Chapter; category; article. بَابَة [] a. Point, extremity. b. Manner, mode; conduct; kind; species. بُؤَبُو a. Source, origin; pupil ( of the eye ). b. Baby. بُوْتَقَة P. a. Crucible, melting-pot.