Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish کتابخانه (kitabhane), from Classical Persian کتابخانه (kitābxāna). By surface analysis, كِتَاب (kitāb) +‎ خَانَة (ḵāna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كِتابْخانة (kitābḵānaf

  1. (regional) library; bookstore

Declension edit

References edit

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