كتاب

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب (ktūb))

1. book

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/

• Audio:

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  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): [keˈtæːb]
  • (Hijaz) 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]

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

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 ʔaymānukum fakātibūhum

     And those who seek a contract (for eventual emancipation) from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them

4. book
5. 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.'

6. the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible

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

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

• 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).

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

1. book

• Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 76

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/

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/, [kɪ.ˈtaːb]

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))

1. book

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

• IPA^(key): /kutˈtaːb/, [kʊtˈtaːb]

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl

1. plural of كاتب (kātib)

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): (Aleppo) /ki.taːb/, [kɨtæːb]
• IPA^(key): (Beirut) /kteːb/, [kteːb]

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

1. book

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• քիթապ (kitab) — Armeno-Turkish

كِتاب • (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (kütüb))

1. book

   Synonym: سفر (sifr)

   • 1521, Piri Reis, کتاب بحریه [Kitab-ı Bahriye, Book of the Sea]‎^[2]:

     دَرْبَیَانِ سَبَبِ تَالِیفِ كِتَابْ
     وَسَبَبِ تَالِیفِ كِتَابْ بُودُرْكِیمْ حَضِرَتِ پَاشَاهِ عَالَمْ پَنَاهُكْ آسِتَانَهِٔ دَوْلَتْ آشِیَانِنَه وَدَرِ سَعَادَتْ بِخْشِنَه طَوَایِفِ دَهْرِ كَامِللَرٖی اَنْوَاعِ فُنُونْدَنْ تُحْفَه‌لَرْ كَتُورْمِشْلَرْدُرْكِمْ دَوْلَتْلُو خُدَاوَنْدِكَارِك هِمَّتِ بٖی‌هَمْتَاسٖیلَه عَالَمْدَه وُجُودْ بُولُوبْ نَامِ نِشَانْ صَاحِبْلَرٖی اُولَه‌لَرْ

     der beyan-ı sebeb-i teʼlif-i kitab
     ve-sebeb-i teʼlif-i kitab budurkim hazireti paşah-i ʼalem penahuñ asitane-i devlet aşiyanına ve-der-i saʼadet bahşine tavayif-i dehr-i kâmilleri envaʼ-ı fünundan tuhfeler getürmişlerdürkim devletlü hudavendigârıñ himmet-i bi-hemtasıyla ʼalemde vücud bulub nam-ı nişan sahibleri olalar.

     the reason of the composition of the book
     the reason of the composition of this book is thus: the most perfect people of the world brought gifts of various sciences to the heavenly state city of the world's sultan and to its gate of happiness, so that with the grace and favor of the sultan, their names were made eternal in the world.

   • 1890, Ahmet Mithat, “مقدمه [introduction]”, in ضابط [Officer]‎^[3], page 2:

     فرانسه‌ده «ره‌وو ده دو موند» نامیلع بر مجموعه طبع و نشر اولنور كه هر اون بش كونده بر كره چیقار اوچ درت یوز صحیفه‌لك عادتا قوجه‌مان بر كتابدر.

     Firansa'da "revu de dö mond" namıle bir mecmua tab ve neşir olunur ki her on beş günde bir kerre çıkar üç dört yüz sahifelik adeta kocaman bir kitabdır.

     In France a periodical named "Revue des deux Mondes" is published. Coming out once every 15 days it is an enormous book, usually three to four hundred pages.

• Turkish: kitap
• → Romanian: chitab

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

كُتّاب • (küttâb)

1. plural of كاتِب (kâtib)

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب (kútob))

1. book