كتاب

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب‎ (ktūb))

1. book

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/
  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): [keˈtæːb]
  • (Hejaz) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • (Lebanon) IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]
  • (Central Arabia) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • (Iraq, Persian Gulf) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]
  • (Tunisia) IPA^(key): [kiˈt̪ɛːb]
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]

• Audio (Morocco)

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• Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
  • (Lebanese Arabic) IPA^(key): [kteːb]
  • (Tunisian Arabic) IPA^(key): [kt̪ɛːb]
  • (Moroccan Arabic) IPA^(key): [ktæːb]

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

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3. letter, note, paper, piece of writing, message
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:29-31:

     ‏قَالَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ إِنِّي أُلْقِيَ إِلَيَّ كِتَابٌ كَرِيمٌ ۝ إِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝ أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ ۝‎

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4. book
5. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible

   ‏الْكِتَاب‎ ― al-kitāb ― the Qur'an; the Bible

6. record, document, deed, contract
7. a marriage contract.

• كِتَابِيّ‎ (kitābiyy)
• كُتُبِيّ‎ (kutubiyy)
• كُتَيِّب‎ (kutayyib)

• IPA^(key): /kut.taːb/

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl

1. plural of كَاتِب‎ (kātib, “writer”)

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m (plural كَتَاتِيب‎ (katātīb))

1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “كتاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaːb/

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب‎ (kutub))

1. book

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كِتِب‎ (kitib))

1. book

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

كتاب • (kitab) (definite accusative كتابی‎ (kitabı), plural كتب‎ (kütüb))

1. book, a collection of sheets of paper bound together

• Turkish: kitap

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kitap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2692
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كتاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1011
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Liber”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 941
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كتاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3867
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kitap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كتاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب‎ (kutob))

1. book