किताब

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See also: किताबें, किताबो, and किताबों

Angika

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Noun

किताब (kitāb) f

  1. book

Garhwali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

किताब (kitāb) f

  1. book

References

  • Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 22

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), from the same source. Compare Assamese কিতাপ (kitap), Bengali কিতাব (kitab), Gujarati કિતાબ (kitāb), Maithili किताप (kitāp), Nepali किताब (kitāb), Odia କିତାବ (kitāba), Punjabi ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb), Sindhi ڪتاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

किताब • (kitāb) f (Urdu spelling کِتَاب)

  1. book
    Synonyms: पुस्तक (pustak), सहीफ़ा (sahīfā), दस्तावेज़ (dastāvez), ग्रंथ (granth), शास्त्र (śāstra)
    मैं एक किताब लिख रहा हूँ। ― ma͠i ek kitāb likh rahā hū̃. ― I am writing a book.

Declension

Declension of किताब (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct किताब
kitāb 		किताबें
kitābẽ
oblique किताब
kitāb 		किताबों
kitābõ
vocative किताब
kitāb 		किताबो
kitābo

Further reading

Kurukh

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb); probably via a local Indo-Aryan speech.

Noun

किताब (kitab)

  1. book

Nepali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

किताब • (kitāb)

  1. book
    Synonyms: पोथी (pothī), पुस्तक (pustak)

Descendants

  • → Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab)
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