مكتبة

Noun of place from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

• IPA^(key): /mak.ta.ba/

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مَكْتَبَة • (maktaba) f (plural مَكْتَبَات (maktabāt) or مَكَاتِب (makātib))

1. library
2. bookstore

   أَنَا ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَةِ وَاشْتَرَيْتُ كِتَابًا جَدِيدًا.

   ʔanā ḏahabtu ʔilā l-maktabati wāštaraytu kitāban jadīdan.

   I went to the bookstore and bought a new book.

3. stationary store
4. bookcase
5. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (writing) desk

   Synonym: مَكْتَب (maktab)

6. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) literature

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic مَكْتَبَة (maktaba).

مكتبة • (maktaba) f (plural مكتبات (maktabāt))

1. library
2. bookshop
3. stationery shop
4. bookcase

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ك ت ب”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 734

From Arabic مَكْتَبَة (maktaba).

• IPA^(key): /mak.ta.be/,
• IPA^(key): /mak.ta.ba/,

• Audio (Ramallah):

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مكتبة • (máktabe) f (plural مكتبات (maktabāt) or مكاتب (makāteb))

1. library
2. bookshop