كتاب
Algerian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب (ktūb))
Arabic edit
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ك ت ب (k-t-b) |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
Noun edit
كِتَاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب (kutub))
- (obsolete) verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba) (form I)
- 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
- 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.'
- book
- the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible
- record, document, deed, contract
- a marriage contract.
Declension edit
Declension of noun كِتَاب (kitāb)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كِتَاب kitāb |
الْكِتَاب al-kitāb |
كِتَاب kitāb |
Nominative | كِتَابٌ kitābun |
الْكِتَابُ al-kitābu |
كِتَابُ kitābu |
Accusative | كِتَابًا kitāban |
الْكِتَابَ al-kitāba |
كِتَابَ kitāba |
Genitive | كِتَابٍ kitābin |
الْكِتَابِ al-kitābi |
كِتَابِ kitābi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | كِتَابَيْن kitābayn |
الْكِتَابَيْن al-kitābayn |
كِتَابَيْ kitābay |
Nominative | كِتَابَانِ kitābāni |
الْكِتَابَانِ al-kitābāni |
كِتَابَا kitābā |
Accusative | كِتَابَيْنِ kitābayni |
الْكِتَابَيْنِ al-kitābayni |
كِتَابَيْ kitābay |
Genitive | كِتَابَيْنِ kitābayni |
الْكِتَابَيْنِ al-kitābayni |
كِتَابَيْ kitābay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُتُب kutub |
الْكُتُب al-kutub |
كُتُب kutub |
Nominative | كُتُبٌ kutubun |
الْكُتُبُ al-kutubu |
كُتُبُ kutubu |
Accusative | كُتُبًا kutuban |
الْكُتُبَ al-kutuba |
كُتُبَ kutuba |
Genitive | كُتُبٍ kutubin |
الْكُتُبِ al-kutubi |
كُتُبِ kutubi |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of كتاب in other languages
- Acehnese: kitab (“book”)
- Afar: kitáb
- Azerbaijani: kitab / китаб / کتاب
- Bashkir: китап (kitap)
- Belarusian: кітаб (kitab, “book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
- Chechen: китаб (kitab, “book”)
- Crimean Tatar: kitap (“book”)
- Hindi: किताब (kitāb, “book”)
- Kazakh: кітап (kıtap, “book”)
- Khalaj: kitâb
- Northern Kurdish: kitêb (“book”)
- Central Kurdish: کتاو (ktaw, “book”)
- Kyrgyz: китеп (kitep, “book”)
- Kumyk: китап (kitap)
- Malay:
- Maltese: ktieb (“book”)
- Minangkabau: kitab (“book”)
- Pashto: کتاب (ketãb, “book”)
- Persian: کِتاب (ketâb, “book”)
- → Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
- → Atong (India): kitap
- → Bengali: কিতাব (kitab)
- → Gujarati: કિતાબ (kitāb)
- → Old Hindi: कतेब (kateba)
- → Northern Luri: کتۋ (ketü)
- → Maithili:
- → Naga Pidgin: kitab
- → Nepali: किताब (kitāb, “book”), किताप (kitāp, “book”)
- Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab, “book, notebook”)
- → Odia: କିତାବ (kitabô)
- → Old Punjabi: ਕਤੇਬ (kateba)
- → Sindhi:
- → Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
- Polish: kitab (“book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
- Rohingya: kitab (“book”)
- Salar: kitab (“book”)
- Swahili: kitabu (“book”)
- Tajik: китоб (kitob, “book”)
- Tooro: ekitabu (“book”)
- Tatar: китап (kitap, “book”)
- Turkish: kitap (“book”) / كتاب
- Turkmen: kitap (“book”)
- Urdu: کتاب (kitāb, “book”)
- Uyghur: كىتاب (kitab, “book”)
- Uzbek: kitob / китоб (kitob, “book”)
- Yakan: kitab (“book”)
- Zazaki: Kıtabi (“book”)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl
Noun edit
كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m (plural كَتَاتِيب (katātīb))
- a traditional school for teaching Qur'an
Declension edit
Declension of noun كُتَّاب (kuttāb)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُتَّاب kuttāb |
الْكُتَّاب al-kuttāb |
كُتَّاب kuttāb |
Nominative | كُتَّابٌ kuttābun |
الْكُتَّابُ al-kuttābu |
كُتَّابُ kuttābu |
Accusative | كُتَّابًا kuttāban |
الْكُتَّابَ al-kuttāba |
كُتَّابَ kuttāba |
Genitive | كُتَّابٍ kuttābin |
الْكُتَّابِ al-kuttābi |
كُتَّابِ kuttābi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | كُتَّابَيْن kuttābayn |
الْكُتَّابَيْن al-kuttābayn |
كُتَّابَيْ kuttābay |
Nominative | كُتَّابَانِ kuttābāni |
الْكُتَّابَانِ al-kuttābāni |
كُتَّابَا kuttābā |
Accusative | كُتَّابَيْنِ kuttābayni |
الْكُتَّابَيْنِ al-kuttābayni |
كُتَّابَيْ kuttābay |
Genitive | كُتَّابَيْنِ kuttābayni |
الْكُتَّابَيْنِ al-kuttābayni |
كُتَّابَيْ kuttābay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كَتَاتِيب katātīb |
الْكَتَاتِيب al-katātīb |
كَتَاتِيب katātīb |
Nominative | كَتَاتِيبُ katātību |
الْكَتَاتِيبُ al-katātību |
كَتَاتِيبُ katātību |
Accusative | كَتَاتِيبَ katātība |
الْكَتَاتِيبَ al-katātība |
كَتَاتِيبَ katātība |
Genitive | كَتَاتِيبَ katātība |
الْكَتَاتِيبِ al-katātībi |
كَتَاتِيبِ katātībi |
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)
Descendants edit
Egyptian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))
- book
- عموما التفاصيل في الكتاب ― ʕumūman it-tafaṣīl fil-kitāb ― Generally, all the details are in the book.
Hijazi Arabic edit
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ك ت ب |
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Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl
North Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كِتِب (kitib))
- book
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).
Alternative forms edit
- քիթապ (kitab) — Armeno-Turkish
Noun edit
كِتاب • (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (kütüb))
- book, a collection of sheets of paper bound together
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Turkish: kitap
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kitap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2692
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كتاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1011
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Liber”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 941
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كتاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3867
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kitap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كتاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).
Noun edit
كُتّاب • (küttâb)
South Levantine Arabic edit
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