كاتب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ت ب‎ (k-t-b).

Verb

كَاتَبَ • (kātaba) III, non-past يُكَاتِبُ‎‎ (yukātibu) (conative)

  1. to keep up a correspondence, to correspond with
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of كَتَبَ‎ (kataba, “to write”), from ك ت ب‎ (k-t-b). Compare Hebrew כותב‎.

Noun

كَاتِب • (kātib) m (plural كَاتِبُون‎ (kātibūn) or كُتَّاب‎ (kuttāb) or كَتَبَة‎ (kataba), feminine كَاتِبَة‎ (kātiba))

  1. writer; author
    Synonym: مُؤَلِّف‎ (muʔallif)
  2. copyist
    Synonym: ناسِخ‎ (nāsiḵ)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:283:
      ‏وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ‎
      wa-ʾin kuntum ʿalā safarin wa-lam tajidū kātiban farihānun mmaqbūḍatun
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. clerk
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كَاتِب‎ (kātib).

Noun

كاتب • (katib)

  1. secretary, especially in a government office
  2. clerk
  3. writer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: katip

References

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