The word
باب
bab
a door, doorArabicباب
Arabizibab
Translationa door, door
TypeMasculine noun
CategoryThe alphabet →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
باب reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 3 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01F→ب
- 02H→ا
- 03F→ب
Composedباب