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  • Bāb
    Bāb
    noun
    abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.
  • Bab.
    Bab.
    abbreviation
    Babylon; Babylonia.
  • Bab
    Bab
    noun
    the . title of Mirza Ali Mohammed 1819–50, Persian religious leader: founded Babism; executed as a heretic of Islam

Bāb

1 American  
[bahb] / bɑb /

noun

  1. abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.

Bab. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Babylon; Babylonia.

Bab British  
/ bɑːb /

noun

  1. the . title of Mirza Ali Mohammed 1819–50, Persian religious leader: founded Babism; executed as a heretic of Islam

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Etymology

Origin of Bab

from Persian bāb gate, from Arabic

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