مكتب

See also: مکتب and مكثت

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.tab/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

مَكْتَب • (maktab) m (plural مَكاتِب (makātib))

1. (historical) maktab, elementary school
2. desk
3. office
4. bureau
5. study

Declension

Declension of noun مَكْتَب (maktab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكْتَب maktab	الْمَكْتَب al-maktab	مَكْتَب maktab
Nominative	مَكْتَبٌ maktabun	الْمَكْتَبُ al-maktabu	مَكْتَبُ maktabu
Accusative	مَكْتَبًا maktaban	الْمَكْتَبَ al-maktaba	مَكْتَبَ maktaba
Genitive	مَكْتَبٍ maktabin	الْمَكْتَبِ al-maktabi	مَكْتَبِ maktabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكْتَبَيْن maktabayn	الْمَكْتَبَيْن al-maktabayn	مَكْتَبَيْ maktabay
Nominative	مَكْتَبَانِ maktabāni	الْمَكْتَبَانِ al-maktabāni	مَكْتَبَا maktabā
Accusative	مَكْتَبَيْنِ maktabayni	الْمَكْتَبَيْنِ al-maktabayni	مَكْتَبَيْ maktabay
Genitive	مَكْتَبَيْنِ maktabayni	الْمَكْتَبَيْنِ al-maktabayni	مَكْتَبَيْ maktabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكاتِب makātib	الْمَكاتِب al-makātib	مَكاتِب makātib
Nominative	مَكاتِبُ makātibu	الْمَكاتِبُ al-makātibu	مَكاتِبُ makātibu
Accusative	مَكاتِبَ makātiba	الْمَكاتِبَ al-makātiba	مَكاتِبَ makātiba
Genitive	مَكاتِبَ makātiba	الْمَكاتِبِ al-makātibi	مَكاتِبِ makātibi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məktəb
• → Bashkir: мәктәп (məktəp)
• → Bengali: মকতব (moktob)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مکتب
  • Turkish: mektep
• → Persian: مکتب (maktab)
• → Tajik: мактаб (maktab)
• → Turkmen: mekdep
• → Urdu: مکتب (maktab)
• → Uzbek: maktab

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

Noun

مكتب • (maktab) f (plural مكاتب (makātib))

1. desk
2. office
3. bureau
4. study

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ك ت ب”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 734

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• մէքթէպ (mekteb) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مكتب (maktab).

Noun

مكتب • (mekteb)

1. school

Descendants

• Turkish: mektep

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مكتب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1214

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.tab/, [ˈmak.tab]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

مكتب • (maktab) m (plural مكاتب (makāteb))

1. office
2. desk

   Synonym: طاولة (ṭāwle, “table”)