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Afar
Kitab.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kiˈtab/
Hyphenation: ki‧tab
Noun
kitáb m (plural kitoobá f )
book
Usage notes
Some speakers might use kitáb only in reference to the Quran .
Declension
Declension of kitáb
absolutive
kitáb
predicative
kitáaba
subjective
kitáb
genitive
kitáb
Synonyms
References
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) “kitab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015 ) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie) , Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
kitab (definite accusative kitabı , sound plural kitablar , broken plural kütüb )
book
kitab oxumaq ― to read a book
oxunması zəruri olan kitabların siyahısı ― list of must-read books
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
kitab
to gabble ; to talk fast , idly , foolishly , or without meaning
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kitab , from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb , “ book ” ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kitab (plural kitab -kitab , first-person possessive kitabku , second-person possessive kitabmu , third-person possessive kitabnya )
book ( collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material ) .
Synonyms: buku , pustaka
holy book , sacred writing , scripture .
Synonym: kitab suci
code , body of law.
Usage notes
Regularly used to mean a religious book or a book of law.
Derived terms
References
^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993 ) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian ] , Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN , →OCLC
Further reading
Maguindanao
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay kitab , from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb , “ book ” ) .
Pronunciation
( Standard Maguindanaon ) IPA (key ) : /ˈkitab/
Rhymes: -itab
Syllabification: ki‧tab
Noun
kitab
book
Synonym: libru
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb , “ book ” ) , from the root ك ت ب ( k-t-b ) , related to writing.
Pronunciation
Noun
kitab (Jawi spelling کتاب , plural kitab -kitab , informal 1st possessive kitabku , 2nd possessive kitabmu , 3rd possessive kitabnya )
book ( collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material )
Usage notes
Regularly used to mean a religious book or a book of law.
Synonyms
Descendants
Maranao
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay kitab ( “ book ” ) , from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb )
Noun
kitab
law ; rule
Derived terms
Naga Pidgin
Etymology
From Classical Persian کتاب ( kitāb ) possibly via Bengali কিতাব ( kitab ) .
Noun
kitab
book
Rohingya
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb , “ book ” )
Noun
kitab
book ( collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material )
Salar
Noun
kitab
book
References
Potanin, G.N. (1893 ) “китаб ”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
Tat
Etymology
Borrowed from Azerbaijani kitab .
Noun
kitab
book
Turkish
Noun
kitab
Misspelling of kitap ( “ book ” ) .
Yakan
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب ( kitāb , “ book ” )
Noun
kitab
holy book