مکتب

مکتب (məktəb) (definite accusative مکتبی‎ (məktəbi), plural مکتبلر‎ (məktəblər))

1. Arabic spelling of məktəb

مکتب (plural مکتب-مکتب or مکتب۲‎, informal 1st possessive مکتبکو‎, 2nd possessive مکتبمو‎, 3rd possessive مکتبڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of maktab

From Arabic مكتب‎ (maktab).

مکتب • (mekteb)

1. school

From Arabic مَكْتَب‎ (maktab).

مکتب • (maktab) (plural مکتب‌ها‎ (maktab-hâ) or مکاتب‎ (makâteb))

1. (Dari) school (in general)

   Synonym: (Iran) مدرسه‎ (madrese)

   ‏من بدون خواهرم به مکتب نمی‌روم.‎‎ (Dari)

   man bidûn-i xâhar-am ba maktab na-mê-rawam.

   I'm not going to school without my sister.

2. maktab (traditional school)
3. school of thought, ideology

   ‏مکتب کنفوسیوس‎ ― maktab-e konfowsiyus ― the Confucian school; Confucian ideology

   ‏مکتب فرانکفورت‎ ― maktab-e frânkfurt ― the Frankfurt school

• In Iran, مکتب (maktab) specifically refers to traditional Qur'an-teaching schools which are now obsolete, and the word for modern schools is مدرسه‎ (madrese). In Afghanistan, however, مکتب (maktab) is used to refer to modern schools as well.

• مکتبی‎ (maktabi)

From Arabic مَكْتَب‎ (maktab).

مکتب • (mktb) m (Hindi spelling मकतब)

1. school
2. primary school
3. school of thought

   Synonym: مدرسہ‎ (madrasa)

   Synonym: دبستان‎ (dabistân)