كتاب

كتاب

See also: کتاب‎, كباب‎, کباب‎, and كناب‎

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

Noun

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب‎ (ktūb))

1. book

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Arabic

Root
ك ت ب‎ (k-t-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/
  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): [keˈtæːb]
  • (Hejaz) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • (Lebanon) IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]
  • (Central Arabia) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪aːb]
  • (Iraq, Persian Gulf) IPA^(key): [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]
  • (Tunisia) IPA^(key): [kiˈt̪ɛːb]
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): [kiˈtæːb]

• Audio (Morocco)

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• Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
  • (Lebanese Arabic) IPA^(key): [kteːb]
  • (Tunisian Arabic) IPA^(key): [kt̪ɛːb]
  • (Moroccan Arabic) IPA^(key): [ktæːb]

Noun

كِتَاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب‎ (kutub))

1. (obsolete) verbal noun of كَتَبَ‎ (kataba) (form I)
2. 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 ʾaymānukum fakātibūhum

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3. 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 ۝‎‎

     qālat yā ʾayyuhā l-malaʾu ʾinnī ʾulqiya ʾilayya kitābun karīmun ۝ ʾinnahu min sulaymāna waʾinnahu bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi ۝ ʾallā taʿlū ʿalayya waʾtūnī muslimīna ۝

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

4. book
5. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible

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

6. record, document, deed, contract
7. a marriage contract.

Declension

Declension of noun كِتَاب (kitāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِتَاب kitāb	الْكِتَاب‎ al-kitāb	كِتَاب kitāb
Nominative	كِتَابٌ kitābun	الْكِتَابُ‎ al-kitābu	كِتَابُ kitābu
Accusative	كِتَابًا‎ kitāban	الْكِتَابَ‎ al-kitāba	كِتَابَ kitāba
Genitive	كِتَابٍ kitābin	الْكِتَابِ‎ al-kitābi	كِتَابِ kitābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِتَابَيْن‎ kitābayn	الْكِتَابَيْن‎ al-kitābayn	كِتَابَيْ‎ kitābay
Nominative	كِتَابَانِ‎ kitābāni	الْكِتَابَانِ‎ al-kitābāni	كِتَابَا‎ kitābā
Accusative	كِتَابَيْنِ‎ kitābayni	الْكِتَابَيْنِ‎ al-kitābayni	كِتَابَيْ‎ kitābay
Genitive	كِتَابَيْنِ‎ kitābayni	الْكِتَابَيْنِ‎ al-kitābayni	كِتَابَيْ‎ kitābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتُب‎ kutub	الْكُتُب‎ al-kutub	كُتُب‎ kutub
Nominative	كُتُبٌ‎ kutubun	الْكُتُبُ‎ al-kutubu	كُتُبُ‎ kutubu
Accusative	كُتُبًا‎ kutuban	الْكُتُبَ‎ al-kutuba	كُتُبَ‎ kutuba
Genitive	كُتُبٍ‎ kutubin	الْكُتُبِ‎ al-kutubi	كُتُبِ‎ kutubi

Derived terms

• كِتَابِيّ‎ (kitābiyy)
• كُتُبِيّ‎ (kutubiyy)
• كُتَيِّب‎ (kutayyib)

Descendants

Descendants of كتاب in other languages

• Acehnese: kitab (“book”)
• Afar: kitáb
• Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
• Azerbaijani: kitab / китаб / کتاب‎
• Bashkir: китап (kitap)
• Belarusian: кітаб (kitab, “book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
• Bengali: কিতাব (kitab, “book, scripture”)
• Chechen: китаб (kitab, “book”)
• Crimean Tatar: kitap (“book”)
• Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab, “book, notebook”)
• Hindi: किताब (kitāb, “book”)
• Indonesian: kitab (“book”)
• Kazakh: кітап (kıtap, “book”)
• Northern Kurdish: kitêb (“book”)
• Kyrgyz: китеп (kitep, “book”)
• Kumyk: китап (kitap)
• Malay: kitab / کتاب‎
• Maltese: ktieb (“book”)
• Minangkabau: kitab (“book”)
• Nepali: किताप (kitāp, “book”)
• Polish: kitab (“book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
• Pashto: کتاب‎ (ketãb, “book”)
• Persian: کِتاب‎ (ketâb, “book”)
• Punjabi: ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb, “book”)
• Rohingya: kitab (“book”)
• Swahili: kitabu (“book”)
• Tajik: китоб (kitob, “book”)
• Turkish: китап (“book”)
• Turkish: kitap (“book”) / كتاب‎
• Turkmen: kitap (“book”)
• Urdu: کتاب‎ (kitāb, “book”)
• Uzbek: kitob / китоб (kitob, “book”)
• Uyghur: كىتاب‎ (kitab, “book”)
• Zazaki: Kıtabi (“book”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kut.taːb/

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl

1. plural of كَاتِب‎ (kātib, “writer”)

Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m (plural كَتَاتِيب‎ (katātīb))

1. a traditional school for teaching Qur'an

Declension

Declension of noun كُتَّاب (kuttāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتَّاب kuttāb	الْكُتَّاب‎ al-kuttāb	كُتَّاب kuttāb
Nominative	كُتَّابٌ kuttābun	الْكُتَّابُ‎ al-kuttābu	كُتَّابُ kuttābu
Accusative	كُتَّابًا‎ kuttāban	الْكُتَّابَ‎ al-kuttāba	كُتَّابَ kuttāba
Genitive	كُتَّابٍ kuttābin	الْكُتَّابِ‎ al-kuttābi	كُتَّابِ kuttābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُتَّابَيْن‎ kuttābayn	الْكُتَّابَيْن‎ al-kuttābayn	كُتَّابَيْ‎ kuttābay
Nominative	كُتَّابَانِ‎ kuttābāni	الْكُتَّابَانِ‎ al-kuttābāni	كُتَّابَا‎ kuttābā
Accusative	كُتَّابَيْنِ‎ kuttābayni	الْكُتَّابَيْنِ‎ al-kuttābayni	كُتَّابَيْ‎ kuttābay
Genitive	كُتَّابَيْنِ‎ kuttābayni	الْكُتَّابَيْنِ‎ al-kuttābayni	كُتَّابَيْ‎ kuttābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَتَاتِيب‎ katātīb	الْكَتَاتِيب‎ al-katātīb	كَتَاتِيب‎ katātīb
Nominative	كَتَاتِيبُ‎ katātību	الْكَتَاتِيبُ‎ al-katātību	كَتَاتِيبُ‎ katātību
Accusative	كَتَاتِيبَ‎ katātība	الْكَتَاتِيبَ‎ al-katātība	كَتَاتِيبَ‎ katātība
Genitive	كَتَاتِيبَ‎ katātība	الْكَتَاتِيبِ‎ al-katātībi	كَتَاتِيبِ‎ katātībi

References

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

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Hijazi Arabic

كتاب

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaːb/

Noun

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب‎ (kutub))

1. book

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

Noun

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كِتِب‎ (kitib))

1. book

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb, “book”).

Noun

كتاب • (kitab) (definite accusative كتابی‎ (kitabı), plural كتب‎ (kütüb))

1. book

Derived terms

• كتابجی‎ (kitabcı, “book-seller”)
• كتبخانه‎ (kütübhane, “library”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kitap

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ت ب‎

Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب‎ (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب‎ (kutob))

1. book