كتاب

See also: کتاب, كباب, کباب, and كناب

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ktaːb/

Noun

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب (ktūb))

  1. book

Arabic

Root
ك ت ب (k-t-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.taːb/
    • (Egypt) IPA(key): [keˈtæːb]
    • (Hejaz) IPA(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
    • (Lebanon) IPA(key): [kiˈtæːb]
    • (Central Arabia) IPA(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
    • (Iraq, Persian Gulf) IPA(key): [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]
    • (Tunisia) IPA(key): [kiˈt̪ɛːb]
    • (Morocco) IPA(key): [kiˈtæːb]
  • (file)
  • Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
    • (Lebanese Arabic) IPA(key): [kteːb]
    • (Tunisian Arabic) IPA(key): [kt̪ɛːb]
    • (Moroccan Arabic) IPA(key): [ktæːb]
    • (Iraqi Arabic) IPA(key): [kt̪ɑːb]

Noun

كِتَاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب (kutub))

  1. (obsolete) verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of كَاتَبَ (kātaba) (form III)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:33:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ
      wallaḏīna yabtaḡūna l-kitāba mimmā malakat ʔaymānukum fakātibūhum
      And those who seek a contract (for eventual emancipation) from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them
  3. letter, note, paper, piece of writing, message
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:29-31:
      قَالَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ إِنِّي أُلْقِيَ إِلَيَّ كِتَابٌ كَرِيمٌ ۝ إِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝ أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ ۝
      She said, O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter. Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it is: 'In the name of God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, be not haughty with me but come to me in submission.'
  4. book
  5. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible
    الْكِتَابal-kitābthe Qur'an; the Bible
  6. record, document, deed, contract
  7. a marriage contract.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kut.taːb/

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl

  1. plural of كَاتِب (kātib, writer)

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m (plural كَتَاتِيب (katātīb))

  1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كتاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Chagatai

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), likely via Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb).

Noun

كتاب (kitāb) (plural كتابلار)

  1. book

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Noun

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

  1. book
    عموما التفاصيل في الكتابʕumūman it-tafaṣīl fil-kitābGenerally, all the details are in the book.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
1 term
كتاب

Etymology 1

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.ˈtaːb/, [kɪ.ˈtaːb]

Noun

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

  1. book

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kutˈtaːb/, [kʊtˈtaːb]

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl

  1. plural of كاتب (kātib)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ktaːb/

Noun

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كِتِب (kitib))

  1. book

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

كتاب

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, book).

Alternative forms

Noun

كِتاب • (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (kütüb))

  1. book, a collection of sheets of paper bound together
Derived terms
  • كتابجی (kitabcı, book-seller)
  • كتابسز (kitabsız, bookless)
  • كتبخانه (kütübhane, library)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

Noun

كُتّاب • (küttâb)

  1. plural of كاتِب (kâtib)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]
  • (file)

Noun

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب (kútob))

  1. book
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