किताब

See also: किताबें, किताबो, and किताबों

Angika

Etymology

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Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Angika किताब

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Noun

किताब (kitāb) f

1. book

Garhwali

Etymology

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Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Garhwali किताब

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed 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

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Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Hindi किताब

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (Standard 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

Descendants

• → Naga Pidgin: kitab
• → Nepali: किताब (kitāb), किताप (kitāp)
  • → Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “किताब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Kurukh

Etymology

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Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Kurukh किताब

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Probably via a local Indo-Aryan speech.

Noun

किताब (kitab)

1. book

Nepali

Alternative forms

• किताप (kitāp)

Etymology

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Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb)bor.

Hindi किताब (kitāb)bor.

Nepali किताब

Borrowed from Hindi किताब (kitāb), borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed 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)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “किताप्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 91