کتاب

See also: كتاب, كباب, کباب, and كناب

Azerbaijani

Noun

کتاب (kitab) (definite accusative کتابی (kitabı), plural کتابلار (kitablar))

1. Arabic spelling of kitab (“book”)

Declension

Declension of کتاب

	singular	plural
nominative	کتاب	کتابلار
definite accusative	کتابێ	کتابلارێ
dative	کتابا	کتابلارا
locative	کتابدا	کتابلاردا
ablative	کتابدان	کتابلاردان
definite genitive	کتابێن	کتابلارێن

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b), related to writing. Compare the Hebrew root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪt̪.ɑb/
• IPA^(key): /ki.t̪ɑb/

Noun

کتاب • (kitâb) m (plural کتابونه (kitâbuna))

1. book

Declension

declension of کتاب

	singular		plural
direct	کتاب (kitâb)		کتابونه (kitâbuna)
oblique	کتاب (kitâb)		کتابونو (kitâbuno)
vocative	کتابه (kitâba)		کتابونو (kitâbuno)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	k
Dari reading?	k
Iranian reading?	k
Tajik reading?	k

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Dari	کتاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	китоб

کتاب • (ketâb) (plural کتب (kotob) or کتاب‌ها (ketâb-hâ))

1. book

   خیلی از این کتاب‌ها را خوانده‌ام.

   Xeyli az in ketâbhâ râ xândeám.

   I have read many of these books.

Derived terms

• کتابچه (ketâbče)
• کتابخانه (ketâbxâne)
• کتابدار (ketâbdâr)
• کتاب‌فروش (ketâb-foruš)
• کتاب‌فروشی (ketâb-foruši)

Related terms

• کتب (kotob)
• کتبی (katbi)
• مکتب (maktab)

Descendants

• → Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
• → Bengali: কিতাব (kitab)
• → Gujarati: કિતાબ (kitāb)
• → Old Hindi: कतेब (kateba)
• → Northern Luri: کتۋ (ketü)
• → Maithili:

  Devanagari script: किताप (kitāp), किताब (kitāb)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒱𑒞𑒰𑒣 (kitāpa), 𑒏𑒱𑒞𑒰𑒥 (kitāba)

• → Odia: କିତାବ (kitāba)
• → Old Punjabi: ਕਤੇਬ (kateba)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb)

    Shahmukhi script: کِتاب (kitāb)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: ڪِتابُ

  Devanagari script: किताबु

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Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کتاب (ketâb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). First attested as Old Punjabi ਕਤੇਬ (kateba).

Noun

کتاب • (kitāb) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਿਤਾਬ)

1. book

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کتاب (ketâb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), borrowed from the same term.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪ.t̪ɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

کِتَاب • (kitāb) f (Hindi spelling किताब)

1. book

Declension

Declension of کتاب
	singular	plural
direct	کِتَاب (kitāb)	کِتَابیں (kitābẽ)
oblique	کِتَاب (kitāb)	کِتَابوں (kitābõ)
vocative	کِتَاب (kitāb)	کِتَابو (kitābo)

Further reading

• “کتاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کتاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کتاب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کتاب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.