# کتاب
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

کتاب (kitab) (definite accusative کتابی (kitabı), plural کتابلار (kitablar))
* Arabic spelling of kitab (“book”)

#### Declension
## Khalaj
### Noun

کِتاب (kitâb) (definite accusative کِتابؽ, plural کِتابلار)
* Arabic spelling of kitâb (“book”)

#### Declension
## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), from ك ت ب (k t b). Compare the Hebrew root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɪt̪.ɑb/
* IPA: /ki.t̪ɑb/

### Noun

کتاب • (kitâb) f (plural کتابونه (kitâbuna))
* book

#### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), from ك ت ب (k t b).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ki.ˈtɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰi.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰʲe.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰi.t̪ʰɔ́b]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

#### Noun

| Dari | کتاب |
| Iranian Persian | کتاب |
| Tajik | китоб |
کِتاب • (ketâb) (plural کتب (kotob) or کتاب‌ها (ketâb-hâ))
* book
    خیلی از این کتاب‌ها را خوانده‌ام.xeyli az in ketâb-hâ râ xânde-am.I have read many of these books.

##### Derived terms

* کتابخانه (ketâbxâne)
* کتابدار (ketâbdâr)
* کتابچه (ketâbče)
* کتاب‌فروش (ketâb-foruš)
* کتاب‌فروشی (ketâb-foruši)

##### Related terms

* مکتب (maktab)
* کتبی (katbi)
* کتبی (kotobi)

##### Descendants

* → Assamese: কিতাপ (kitap)
** → Atong (India): kitap
* → Bengali: কিতাব (kitab)
* → Gujarati: કિતાબ (kitāb)
* → Old Hindi: कतेब (kateba)
* → Northern Luri: کتۋ (ketü)
* → Maithili:
    Devanagari script: किताप (kitāp), किताब (kitāb)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒱𑒞𑒰𑒣 (kitāpa), 𑒏𑒱𑒞𑒰𑒥 (kitāba)
* → Naga Pidgin: kitab
* → Nepali: किताब (kitāb, “book”), किताप (kitāp, “book”)
** Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab, “book, notebook”)
* → Odia: କିତାବ (kitāba)
* → Old Punjabi: ਕਤੇਬ (kateba)
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb)
    Shahmukhi script: کِتاب (kitāb)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڪِتابُ
    Devanagari script: किताबु

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [kut.ˈtɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰut̪.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰot̪.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰut̪.t̪ʰɔ́b]

#### Noun

| Dari | کتاب |
| Iranian Persian | کتاب |
| Tajik | куттоб |
کُتّاب • (kottâb)
* plural of کاتِب (kâteb)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), from ك ت ب (k t b). First attested as Old Punjabi ਕਤੇਬ (kateba).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: [kɪ.täːbᵊ]
* Hyphenation: کِ‧تَاب

### Noun

کِتَاب • (kitāb) f (plural کُتُب, Gurmukhi spelling ਕਿਤਾਬ)
* book

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کِتاب”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “کتاب”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
* “ਕਿਤਾਬ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), from ك ت ب (k t b). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), borrowed from the same term. Compare Punjabi کتاب (kitāb), Sindhi ڪِتابُ (kitābu).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /kɪ.t̪ɑːb/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːb

### Noun

کِتاب • (kitāb) f (Hindi spelling किताब)
* book

#### Declension

Declension of کتاب :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | کِتَاب (kitāb) | کِتَابیں (kitābẽ) |
| oblique | کِتَاب (kitāb) | کِتَابوں (kitābõ) |
| vocative | کِتَاب (kitāb) | کِتَابو (kitābo) |

### Further reading

* “کتاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “کتاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کتاب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “کتاب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu کِتَاب (kitāb).

### Noun

کتاب (kitāb)
* book