English Explanatory Dictionary

Báb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. ʻAlí Muḥammad (1820–1850), the founder of Bábism.

Word forms

Báb the Báb Bab

Etymology

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

Derived words

Bábí Bábism Bábist
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