Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Compare Old Punjabi ਕਤੇਬ (kateba).

Noun

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कतेब (kateba)

  1. book

Proper noun

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कतेब (kateba)

  1. (Islam) Qur'an

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 525