کاتب

See also: كاتب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَاتِب (kātib)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑː.ˈtiβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.t̪ʰíb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.t̪ʰéb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.t̪ʰíb]

Readings
Classical reading?	kātiḇ
Dari reading?	kātib
Iranian reading?	kâteb
Tajik reading?	kotib

Noun

Dari	کاتب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	котиб

کاتِب • (kâteb) (plural کُتّاب (kottâb))

1. scribe

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاتب (kātiḇ), from Arabic كَاتِب (kātib).

Pronouncation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.t̪ɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb
• Hyphenation: کا‧تب

Noun

کاتِب • (kātib) m (Hindi spelling कातिब)

1. calligrapher
2. amanuensis
3. copyist
4. clerk

Further reading

• “کاتب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کاتب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کاتب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کاتب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “کاتب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “کاتب”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC