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):

  (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]

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

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 ۝

     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.'

5. book
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.

• 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), likely via Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb).

كتاب (kitāb) (plural كتابلار)

1. book

• Uyghur: كىتاب (kitab)
• Uzbek: kitob

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

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.

 

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ki.ˈtaːb/, [kɪ.ˈtaːb]

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

1. book

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

• IPA^(key): /kutˈtaːb/, [kʊtˈtaːb]

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl

1. plural of كاتب (kātib)

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

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

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

1. book

 

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

• քիթապ (kitab) — Armeno-Turkish

كِتاب • (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (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^[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

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

كُتّاب • (küttâb)

1. plural of كاتِب (kâtib)

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب (kútob))

1. book