किताब

See also: किताबें, किताबो, and किताबों

Angika

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب‎ (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Noun

किताब (kitāb) f

1. book

---

Garhwali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب‎ (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈtɑb/

Noun

किताब (kitāb) f

1. book

References

• Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 22

---

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب‎ (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɪ.t̪ɑːb/, [kɪ.t̪äːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

किताब • (kitāb) f (Urdu spelling کِتَاب‎)

1. book

   Synonym: पुस्तक (pustak)

Declension

Declension of किताब (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	किताब kitāb	किताबें kitābẽ
oblique	किताब kitāb	किताबों kitābõ
vocative	किताब kitāb	किताबो kitābo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “किताब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

---

Kurukh

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب‎ (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb); probably via a local Indo-Aryan speech.

Noun

किताब (kitab)

1. book

---

Nepali

Alternative forms

• किताप [kitāp]

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب‎ (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kit̪äb]
• Phonetic Devanagari: किताब्

Noun

किताब • (kitāb)

1. book

   Synonyms: पोथी (pothī), पुस्तक (pustak)

Descendants

• → Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab)