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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Noun
خطیب • (hatîb) (plural خطبا)
- a public speaker, an orator
- a good speaker
- (Islam) an official preacher who delivers khutbah before the Friday prayer
Descendants
Further reading
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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xatīḇ
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| Dari reading?
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xatīb
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| Iranian reading?
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xatib
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| Tajik reading?
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xatib
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Noun
| Dari
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خطیب
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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хатиб
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خطیب • (xatib) (plural خطبا (xotabâ))
- a public speaker, an orator
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خطیب (xat̤īb), itself from Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Pronunciation
Noun
خَطِیب or خَطیب • (xatīb or xateb) m (formal plural خطبا, feminine خطیبہ, Hindi spelling ख़तीब or ख़तेब)
- (religion) an orator, preacher (one who delivers a sermon)
- representative (one who speaks for a community; group)
- (figuratively) a reader
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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خطیب (xatīb)
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خطیب (xatīb)
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| oblique
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خطیب (xatīb)
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خطیبوں (xatībõ)
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| vocative
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خطیب (xatīb)
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خطیبو (xatībo)
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Further reading
- “خطیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خطیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خطیب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.