Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaːb/

  Egypt: IPA^(key): [keˈtæːb]

  Lebanon: IPA^(key): [kɪˈtæːb]

  Central Arabia: IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]

  West Arabia: IPA^(key): [kiˈtaːb]

  Iraq and Persian Gulf: IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]

  Tunisia: IPA^(key): [kiˈt̪ɛːb]

  Morocco: IPA^(key): [kiˈt͡sæːb]

• Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:

  Lebanese Arabic: IPA^(key): [kteːb]

  Tunisian Arabic: IPA^(key): [kt̪ɛːb]

  Moroccan Arabic: IPA^(key): [kt͡sæb]

Noun

كِتَاب • ‎(kitāb) m ‎(plural كُتُب ‎(kutub))

1. letter, note, paper, piece of writing, message
2. book

   • الْكِتَاب ‎(al-kitāb)— the Qur'an; the Bible

3. record, document, deed, contract

Declension

Derived terms

• كِتَابِيّ ‎(kitābiyy, “written, literary”)
• كُتُبِيّ ‎(kutubiyy, “bookseller”)
• كُتَيِّب ‎(kutayyib, “booklet”)

Descendants

• Acehnese: kitab ‎(“book”)
• Azeri: kitab / китаб ‎(“book”), plural: kitablar / китаблар
• Chechen : китаб ‎(kitab, “book”)
• Hindi: किताब ‎(kitāb, “book”)
• Indonesian: kitab ‎(“book”)
• Kazakh: кітап ‎(kitap, “book”)
• Kirghiz: китеп ‎(kitep, “book”)
• Maltese: ktieb ‎(“book”), plural: kotba
• Minangkabau: kitab ‎(“book”)
• Nepali: किताब ‎(kitāba, “book”)
• Oromo: kitaaba ‎(“book”)
• Punjabi: ਕਿਤਾਬ ‎(kitāb, “book”)
• Rohingya: kitab ‎(“book”)
• Swahili: kitabu ‎(“book”), plural: vitabu
• Tajik: китоб ‎(kitob, “book”)
• Tatar: китап ‎(“book”)
• Turkish: kitab ‎(“book”)
• Uzbek: kitob / китоб ‎(“book”)
• Zazaki: Kıtabi ‎(“book”)

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an

Declension

Etymology 3

Inflected form.

Noun

كُتَّاب • ‎(kuttāb) m pl

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

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kitaːb/

Etymology

From the root ك ت ب ‎(k-t-b)

Noun

كتاب • ‎(kitāb)

1. book

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب ‎(kitāb, “book”).

Noun

كتاب • ‎(kitâb)

1. book

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب ‎(kitāb, “book”).

Noun

كتاب • ‎(kitâb) ?

1. book