köken: Etymology tree Akkadian bābumbor. Aramaic בָּבָאbor. Arabic بَاب (bāb)bor. Classical Persian بَاب (bāb) Tajik боб Inherited from Classical Persian بَاب (bāb), borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb), borrowed from Aramaic בָּבָא, borrowed from Akkadian bābum.