Etymology

Báb

Today it means: ʻAlí Muḥammad (1820–1850), the founder of Bábism. Full definition →

Classical Persian بَاب
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromبَاب
  2. English todayBáb

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَاب (bāb, literally “the Gate”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.