كتاب

See also: کتاب‎, كباب‎, and کباب‎

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

Noun

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتوب‎ (ktūb))

1. book

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ك ت ب‎ (k-t-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/
  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): [keˈtæːb]
  • (Hejaz) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • (Lebanon) IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]
  • (Central Arabia) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • (Iraq, Persian Gulf) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]
  • (Tunisia) IPA^(key): [kiˈt̪ɛːb]
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]

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• Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
  • (Lebanese Arabic) IPA^(key): [kteːb]
  • (Tunisian Arabic) IPA^(key): [kt̪ɛːb]
  • (Moroccan Arabic) IPA^(key): [ktæːb]

Noun

كِتَاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب‎ (kutub))

1. (obsolete) verbal noun of كَتَبَ‎ (kataba) (form I)
2. verbal noun of كَاتَبَ‎ (kātaba) (form III)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:33:

     ‏وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ‎

     wallaḏīna yabtaḡūna l-kitāba mimmā malakat ʾaymānukum fakātibūhum

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

3. letter, note, paper, piece of writing, message
5. book
6. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible

   ‏الْكِتَاب‎ ― al-kitāb ― the Qur'an; the Bible

7. record, document, deed, contract

Declension

Declension of noun كِتَاب (kitāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِتَاب kitāb	الْكِتَاب‎ al-kitāb	كِتَاب kitāb
Nominative	كِتَابٌ kitābun	الْكِتَابُ‎ al-kitābu	كِتَابُ kitābu
Accusative	كِتَابًا‎ kitāban	الْكِتَابَ‎ al-kitāba	كِتَابَ kitāba
Genitive	كِتَابٍ kitābin	الْكِتَابِ‎ al-kitābi	كِتَابِ kitābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِتَابَيْن‎ kitābayn	الْكِتَابَيْن‎ al-kitābayn	كِتَابَيْ‎ kitābay
Nominative	كِتَابَانِ‎ kitābāni	الْكِتَابَانِ‎ al-kitābāni	كِتَابَا‎ kitābā
Accusative	كِتَابَيْنِ‎ kitābayni	الْكِتَابَيْنِ‎ al-kitābayni	كِتَابَيْ‎ kitābay
Genitive	كِتَابَيْنِ‎ kitābayni	الْكِتَابَيْنِ‎ al-kitābayni	كِتَابَيْ‎ kitābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتُب‎ kutub	الْكُتُب‎ al-kutub	كُتُب‎ kutub
Nominative	كُتُبٌ‎ kutubun	الْكُتُبُ‎ al-kutubu	كُتُبُ‎ kutubu
Accusative	كُتُبًا‎ kutuban	الْكُتُبَ‎ al-kutuba	كُتُبَ‎ kutuba
Genitive	كُتُبٍ‎ kutubin	الْكُتُبِ‎ al-kutubi	كُتُبِ‎ kutubi

Derived terms

• كِتَابِيّ‎ (kitābiyy)
• كُتُبِيّ‎ (kutubiyy)
• كُتَيِّب‎ (kutayyib)

Descendants

Descendants of كتاب in other languages

• Acehnese: kitab (“book”)
• Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
• Azerbaijani: kitab / китаб / کتاب‎
• Bashkir: китап (kitap)
• Belarusian: кітаб (kitab, “book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
• Bengali: কিতাব (kitab, “book, scripture”)
• Chechen: китаб (kitab, “book”)
• Crimean Tatar: kitap (“book”)
• Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab, “book, notebook”)
• Hindi: किताब (kitāb, “book”)
• Indonesian: kitab (“book”)
• Kazakh: кітап (kitap, “book”)
• Kyrgyz: китеп (kitep, “book”)
• Kumyk: китап (kitap)
• Malay: kitab / کتاب‎
• Maltese: ktieb (“book”)
• Minangkabau: kitab (“book”)
• Nepali: किताप (kitāpa, “book”)
• Polish: kitab (“book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
• Pashto: کتاب‎ (ketãb, “book”)
• Persian: کِتاب‏‎ (ketâb, “book”)

• Punjabi: ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb, “book”)
• Rohingya: kitab (“book”)
• Swahili: kitabu (“book”)
• Tajik: китоб (kitob, “book”)
• Turkish: китап (“book”)
• Turkish: kitap (“book”) / كتاب‎
• Turkmen: kitap (“book”)
• Urdu: کتاب‏‎‎ (kitāb, “book”)
• Uzbek: kitob / китоб (“book”)
• Uyghur: كىتاب‎ (kitab, “book”)
• Zazaki: Kıtabi (“book”)

Etymology 2

From the root ك ت ب‎ (k-t-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kut.taːb/

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl

1. plural of كَاتِب‎ (kātib, “writer”)

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m (plural كَتَاتِيب‎ (katātīb))

1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an

Declension

Declension of noun كُتَّاب (kuttāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتَّاب kuttāb	الْكُتَّاب‎ al-kuttāb	كُتَّاب kuttāb
Nominative	كُتَّابٌ kuttābun	الْكُتَّابُ‎ al-kuttābu	كُتَّابُ kuttābu
Accusative	كُتَّابًا‎ kuttāban	الْكُتَّابَ‎ al-kuttāba	كُتَّابَ kuttāba
Genitive	كُتَّابٍ kuttābin	الْكُتَّابِ‎ al-kuttābi	كُتَّابِ kuttābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتَّابَيْن‎ kuttābayn	الْكُتَّابَيْن‎ al-kuttābayn	كُتَّابَيْ‎ kuttābay
Nominative	كُتَّابَانِ‎ kuttābāni	الْكُتَّابَانِ‎ al-kuttābāni	كُتَّابَا‎ kuttābā
Accusative	كُتَّابَيْنِ‎ kuttābayni	الْكُتَّابَيْنِ‎ al-kuttābayni	كُتَّابَيْ‎ kuttābay
Genitive	كُتَّابَيْنِ‎ kuttābayni	الْكُتَّابَيْنِ‎ al-kuttābayni	كُتَّابَيْ‎ kuttābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَتَاتِيب‎ katātīb	الْكَتَاتِيب‎ al-katātīb	كَتَاتِيب‎ katātīb
Nominative	كَتَاتِيبُ‎ katātību	الْكَتَاتِيبُ‎ al-katātību	كَتَاتِيبُ‎ katātību
Accusative	كَتَاتِيبَ‎ katātība	الْكَتَاتِيبَ‎ al-katātība	كَتَاتِيبَ‎ katātība
Genitive	كَتَاتِيبَ‎ katātība	الْكَتَاتِيبِ‎ al-katātībi	كَتَاتِيبِ‎ katātībi

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Hijazi Arabic

كِتَاب

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaːb/

Noun

كِتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب‎ ‎(kutub))

1. book

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb, “book”).

Noun

كتاب • (kitab)

1. book

Descendants

• Turkish: kitap