Algerian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كتاب (ktābm (plural كتب (ktūb))

  1. book

Arabic edit

Root
ك ت ب (k-t-b)

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 edit

كِتَاب (kitābm (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.
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Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كُتَّاب (kuttābm pl

  1. plural of كَاتِب (kātib, writer)

Noun edit

كُتَّاب (kuttābm (plural كَتَاتِيب (katātīb))

  1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an
Declension edit

References edit

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

Chagatai edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

كتاب (kitāb) (plural كتابلار)

  1. book

Descendants edit

Egyptian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Noun edit

كتاب (kitābm (plural كتب (kutub))

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

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ك ت ب
1 term
 
كتاب

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ki.ˈtaːb/, [kɪ.ˈtaːb]

Noun edit

كتاب (kitābm (plural كتب (kutub))

  1. book

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kutˈtaːb/, [kʊtˈtaːb]

Noun edit

كُتَّاب (kuttābpl

  1. plural of كاتب (kātib)

North Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كتاب (ktābm (plural كِتِب (kitib))

  1. book

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
كتاب

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, book).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

كِتاب (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (kütüb))

  1. book, a collection of sheets of paper bound together
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

Noun edit

كُتّاب (küttâb)

  1. plural of كاتِب (kâtib)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ك ت ب
6 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

كتاب (ktābm (plural كتب (kútob))

  1. book