See also: کاتب

Arabic edit

Root
ك ت ب (k-t-b)

Etymology 1 edit

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Verb edit

كَاتَبَ (kātaba) III, non-past يُكَاتِبُ‎ (yukātibu)

  1. to keep up a correspondence, to correspond with
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Etymology 2 edit

Derived from the active participle of كَتَبَ (kataba, to write). Compare Hebrew כותב.

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Adjective edit

كَاتِب (kātib) (feminine كَاتِبَة (kātiba), masculine plural كَاتِبُونَ (kātibūna) or كُتَّاب (kuttāb) or كَتَبَة (kataba), feminine plural كَاتِبَات (kātibāt))

  1. active participle of كَتَبَ (kataba): writing
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Noun edit

كَاتِب (kātibm (plural كُتَّاب (kuttāb) or كَتَبَة (kataba), feminine كَاتِبَة (kātiba))

  1. writer; author
    Synonym: مُؤَلِّف (muʔallif)
  2. copyist
    Synonym: ناسِخ (nāsiḵ)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:283:
      وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ
      wa-ʾin kuntum ʿalā safarin wa-lam tajidū kātiban farihānun mmaqbūḍatun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. clerk
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Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib).

Noun edit

كاتِب (kâtib) (plural كُتّاب (küttâb))

  1. secretary, especially in a government office
  2. clerk
  3. writer

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