کتب

See also: كتب, گپت, and ك ت ب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُتُب (kutub).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ku.ˈtub/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.t̪ʰʊ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.t̪ʰʊ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.t̪ʰʊ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.t̪ʰúb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.t̪ʰób̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰu.t̪ʰúb]

• Rhymes: -ub

Readings
Classical reading?	kutub
Dari reading?	kutub
Iranian reading?	kotob
Tajik reading?	kutub

Noun

کتب • (kutub / kotob) (Tajik spelling кутуб)

1. broken plural of کتاب (kitāb / ketâb)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʊ.t̪ʊb/

Noun

کُتُب • (kutub) (Hindi spelling कुतुब)

1. formal plural of کِتاب (kitāb)

Further reading

• “کتب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کتب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کتب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “کتب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.