كتاب

See also: کتاب, كباب, and کباب

Algerian Arabic

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/
  • IPA^(key): [keˈtæːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kiˈtaːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kiˈt̪ɛːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]

• Audio (Morocco)

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• Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
  • IPA^(key): [kteːb]
  • IPA^(key): [kt̪ɛːb]
  • 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 ʔaymānukum fakātibūhum

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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”)
• Chechen: китаб (kitab, “book”)
• Crimean Tatar: kitap (“book”)
• Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab, “book, notebook”)
• Hindi: किताब (kitāb, “book”)
• Indonesian: kitab (“book”)
• Kazakh: кітап (kıtap, “book”)
• Kyrgyz: китеп (kitep, “book”)
• Kumyk: китап (kitap)
• Malay: kitab / کتاب
• Maltese: ktieb (“book”)
• Minangkabau: kitab (“book”)
• Nepali: किताप (kitāp, “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 (kitob, “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

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).

Noun

كتاب • (kitâb) ?

1. book