كتاب

See also: کتاب, كباب, کباب, and كناب

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

Noun

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب (ktūb))

1. book

Arabic

Root
ك ت ب (k t b)
20 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• 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):

  (file)

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

Noun

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

     And those who seek a contract (for eventual emancipation) from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them

4. book
5. 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 ۝

     She said, O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter. Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it is: 'In the name of God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, be not haughty with me but come to me in submission.'

6. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun كِتَاب (kitāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِتَاب kitāb	الْكِتَاب al-kitāb	كِتَاب kitāb
Nominative	كِتَابٌ kitābun	الْكِتَابُ al-kitābu	كِتَابُ kitābu
Accusative	كِتَابًا kitāban	الْكِتَابَ al-kitāba	كِتَابَ kitāba
Genitive	كِتَابٍ kitābin	الْكِتَابِ al-kitābi	كِتَابِ kitābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِتَابَيْن kitābayn	الْكِتَابَيْن al-kitābayn	كِتَابَيْ kitābay
Nominative	كِتَابَانِ kitābāni	الْكِتَابَانِ al-kitābāni	كِتَابَا kitābā
Accusative	كِتَابَيْنِ kitābayni	الْكِتَابَيْنِ al-kitābayni	كِتَابَيْ kitābay
Genitive	كِتَابَيْنِ kitābayni	الْكِتَابَيْنِ al-kitābayni	كِتَابَيْ kitābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتُب kutub	الْكُتُب al-kutub	كُتُب kutub
Nominative	كُتُبٌ kutubun	الْكُتُبُ al-kutubu	كُتُبُ kutubu
Accusative	كُتُبًا kutuban	الْكُتُبَ al-kutuba	كُتُبَ kutuba
Genitive	كُتُبٍ kutubin	الْكُتُبِ al-kutubi	كُتُبِ kutubi

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Descendants

• Acehnese: kitab (“book”)
• Afar: kitáb
• Azerbaijani: kitab
• Bashkir: китап (kitap)
• Belarusian: кітаб (kitab, “book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
• Chechen: китаб (kitab, “book”)
• Crimean Tatar: kitap (“book”)
• Hindi: किताब (kitāb, “book”)
• Kazakh: кітап (kıtap, “book”)
• Khalaj: kitâb
• Northern Kurdish: kitêb (“book”)
• Central Kurdish: کتاو (ktaw, “book”)
• Kyrgyz: китеп (kitep, “book”)
• Kumyk: китап (kitap)
• Malay:
  • Latin script: kitab
    • → Indonesian: kitab
    • → Maranao: kitab
  • Arabic script: کتاب
• Maltese: ktieb (“book”)
• Minangkabau: kitab (“book”)
• Pashto: کتاب (ketãb, “book”)
• Persian: کِتاب (ketâb, “book”)
  • → Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
    • → Atong (India): 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)

  • → Naga Pidgin: kitab
  • → Nepali: किताब (kitāb, “book”), किताप (kitāp, “book”)
    • Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab, “book, notebook”)
  • → Odia: କିତାବ (kitāba)
  • → Old Punjabi: ਕਤੇਬ (kateba)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb)

      Shahmukhi script: کِتاب (kitāb)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڪِتابُ

    Devanagari script: किताबु

• Polish: kitab (“book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
• Rohingya: kitab (“book”)
• Salar: kitab (“book”)
• Swahili: kitabu (“book”)
• Tajik: китоб (kitob, “book”)
• Tooro: ekitabu (“book”)
• Tatar: китап (kitap, “book”)
• Turkish: kitap (“book”)
• Turkmen: kitap (“book”)
• Urdu: کتاب (kitāb, “book”)
• Uyghur: كىتاب (kitab)
• Uzbek: kitob
• Yakan: kitab (“book”)
• Zazaki: Kıtabi (“book”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kut.taːb/

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl

1. plural of كَاتِب (kātib, “writer”)

Noun

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

1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an

Declension

Declension of noun كُتَّاب (kuttāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتَّاب kuttāb	الْكُتَّاب al-kuttāb	كُتَّاب kuttāb
Nominative	كُتَّابٌ kuttābun	الْكُتَّابُ al-kuttābu	كُتَّابُ kuttābu
Accusative	كُتَّابًا kuttāban	الْكُتَّابَ al-kuttāba	كُتَّابَ kuttāba
Genitive	كُتَّابٍ kuttābin	الْكُتَّابِ al-kuttābi	كُتَّابِ kuttābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتَّابَيْن kuttābayn	الْكُتَّابَيْن al-kuttābayn	كُتَّابَيْ kuttābay
Nominative	كُتَّابَانِ kuttābāni	الْكُتَّابَانِ al-kuttābāni	كُتَّابَا kuttābā
Accusative	كُتَّابَيْنِ kuttābayni	الْكُتَّابَيْنِ al-kuttābayni	كُتَّابَيْ kuttābay
Genitive	كُتَّابَيْنِ kuttābayni	الْكُتَّابَيْنِ al-kuttābayni	كُتَّابَيْ kuttābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَتَاتِيب katātīb	الْكَتَاتِيب al-katātīb	كَتَاتِيب katātīb
Nominative	كَتَاتِيبُ katātību	الْكَتَاتِيبُ al-katātību	كَتَاتِيبُ katātību
Accusative	كَتَاتِيبَ katātība	الْكَتَاتِيبَ al-katātība	كَتَاتِيبَ katātība
Genitive	كَتَاتِيبَ katātība	الْكَتَاتِيبِ al-katātībi	كَتَاتِيبِ katātībi

References

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

Chagatai

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), likely via Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb).

Noun

كتاب (kitāb) (plural كتابلار)

1. book

Descendants

• Uyghur: كىتاب (kitab)
• Uzbek: kitob

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Noun

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

1. book

   عموما التفاصيل في الكتاب

   ʕumūman it-tafaṣīl fil-kitāb

   Generally, all the details are in the book.

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
1 term

كتاب

Etymology 1

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ˈtaːb/, [kɪ.ˈtaːb]

Noun

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

1. book

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kutˈtaːb/, [kʊtˈtaːb]

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl

1. plural of كاتب (kātib)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Aleppo) /ki.taːb/, [kɨtæːb]
• IPA^(key): (Beirut) /kteːb/, [kteːb]

Noun

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

1. book

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

كتاب

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

Alternative forms

• քիթապ (kitab) — Armeno-Turkish

Noun

كِتاب • (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (kütüb))

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

Derived terms

• كتابجی (kitabcı, “book-seller”)
• كتابسز (kitabsız, “bookless”)
• كتبخانه (kütübhane, “library”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kitap

Further reading

• 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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], Vienna, column 3867
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kitap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

Noun

كُتّاب • (küttâb)

1. plural of كاتِب (kâtib)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب (kútob))

1. book