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. Compare Assamese কিতাপ (kitap), Bengali কিতাব (kitab), Gujarati કિતાબ (kitāb), Maithili किताप (kitāp), Nepali किताब (kitāb), Odia କିତାବ (kitabô), Punjabi ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb), Sindhi ڪتاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

किताब • (kitāb) f (Urdu spelling کِتَاب)

1. book

   Synonyms: पुस्तक (pustak), सहीफ़ा (sahīfā), दस्तावेज़ (dastāvez), ग्रंथ (granth), शास्त्र (śāstra)

   मैं एक किताब लिख रहा हूँ।

   ma͠i ek kitāb likh rahā hū̃.

   I am writing a book.

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)