كتاب

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب (ktūb))

1. book

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/
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كِتَاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب (kutub))

1. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible
2. 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.'

4. book

   الْكِتَاب ― al-kitāb ― the Qur'an; the Bible

5. record, document, deed, contract
6. a marriage contract.
7. (obsolete) verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba) (form I)
8. 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

• 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/,

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

1. book

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

• IPA^(key): /kutˈtaːb/,

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl

1. plural of كاتب (kātib)

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): (Aleppo) /ki.taːb/,
• IPA^(key): (Beirut) /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, 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, 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, Vienna, column 3867
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kitap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, 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/,

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كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب (kútob))

1. book