kitab
Afar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kitáb m (plural kitoobá f)
Usage notes edit
- Some speakers might use kitáb only in reference to the Quran.
Declension edit
Declension of kitáb | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | kitáb | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | kitáaba | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | kitáb | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | kitáb | |||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kitab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | китаб | |
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Abjad | کتاب |
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
kitab (definite accusative kitabı, sound plural kitablar, broken plural kütüb)
- book
- kitab oxumaq ― to read a book
- oxunması zəruri olan kitabların siyahısı ― list of must-read books
Declension edit
Declension of kitab | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
sound | broken | |||||||
nominative | kitab |
kitablar |
kütüb | |||||
definite accusative | kitabı |
kitabları |
kütübü | |||||
dative | kitaba |
kitablara |
kütübə | |||||
locative | kitabda |
kitablarda |
kütübdə | |||||
ablative | kitabdan |
kitablardan |
kütübdən | |||||
definite genitive | kitabın |
kitabların |
kütübün |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ki‧tab
Verb edit
kitab
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay kitab, from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kitab (plural kitab-kitab, first-person possessive kitabku, second-person possessive kitabmu, third-person possessive kitabnya)
- book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material).
- holy book, sacred writing, scripture.
- Synonym: kitab suci
- code, body of law.
Usage notes edit
Regularly used to mean a religious book or a book of law.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “kitab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b), related to writing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kitab (Jawi spelling کتاب, plural kitab-kitab, informal 1st possessive kitabku, 2nd possessive kitabmu, 3rd possessive kitabnya)
- book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
Usage notes edit
Regularly used to mean a religious book or a book of law.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Maranao edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay kitab (“book”), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)
Noun edit
kitab
Derived terms edit
Naga Pidgin edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb) possibly via Bengali কিতাব (kitab).
Noun edit
kitab
Rohingya edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”)
Noun edit
kitab
- book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
Salar edit
Noun edit
kitab
References edit
- Potanin, G.N. (1893) “китаб”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
Tat edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Azerbaijani kitab.
Noun edit
kitab
Turkish edit
Noun edit
kitab
- Misspelling of kitap (“book”).
Yakan edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”)
Noun edit
kitab
- holy book