# كتاب
## Algerian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ktaːb/

### Noun

كتاب (ktāb) m (plural كتب (ktūb))
* book

## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.taːb/
** (Egypt) IPA: [keˈtæːb]
** (Hejaz) IPA: [kɪˈt̪aːb]
** (Lebanon) IPA: [kiˈtæːb]
** (Central Arabia) IPA: [kɪˈt̪aːb]
** (Iraq, Persian Gulf) IPA: [kɪˈt̪ɑːb]
** (Tunisia) IPA: [kiˈt̪ɛːb]
** (Morocco) IPA: [kiˈtæːb]
* Audio (Morocco):(file)
* Dialectal variation from the aforementioned:
** (Lebanese Arabic) IPA: [kteːb]
** (Tunisian Arabic) IPA: [kt̪ɛːb]
** (Moroccan Arabic) IPA: [ktæːb]
** (Iraqi Arabic) IPA: [kt̪ɑːb]

#### Noun

كِتَاب • (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب (kutub))
* (obsolete) verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba) (form I)
* verbal noun of كَاتَبَ (kātaba) (form III)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:33:وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَابَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْwallaḏīna yabtaḡūna l-kitāba mimmā malakat ʔaymānukum fakātibūhumAnd those who seek a contract (for eventual emancipation) from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them
* book
* 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.'
* the Scripture, the Qur'an or the Bible
    الْكِتَاب ― al-kitāb ― the Qur'an; the Bible
* record, document, deed, contract
* a marriage contract.

##### Derived terms

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

##### Descendants

* Acehnese: kitab (“book”)
* Afar: kitáb
* Azerbaijani: kitab
* Bashkir: китап (kitap)
* Belarusian: кітаб (kitab, “book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
* Chechen: китаб (kitab, “book”)
* Crimean Tatar: kitap (“book”)
* Hindi: किताब (kitāb, “book”)
* Kazakh: кітап (kıtap, “book”)
* Khalaj: kitâb
* Northern Kurdish: kitêb (“book”)
* Central Kurdish: کتاو (ktaw, “book”)
* Kyrgyz: китеп (kitep, “book”)
* Kumyk: китап (kitap)
* Malay:
** Latin script: kitab
*** → Indonesian: kitab
*** → Maranao: kitab
** Arabic script: کتاب
* Maltese: ktieb (“book”)
* Minangkabau: kitab (“book”)
* Pashto: کتاب (ketãb, “book”)
* Persian: کِتاب (ketâb, “book”)
** → 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
* Polish: kitab (“book written in Old Belarusian or Polish using Arabic script”)
* Rohingya: kitab (“book”)
* Salar: kitab (“book”)
* Swahili: kitabu (“book”)
* Tajik: китоб (kitob, “book”)
* Tooro: ekitabu (“book”)
* Tatar: китап (kitap, “book”)
* Turkish: kitap (“book”)
* Turkmen: kitap (“book”)
* Urdu: کتاب (kitāb, “book”)
* Uyghur: كىتاب (kitab)
* Uzbek: kitob
* Yakan: kitab (“book”)
* Zazaki: Kıtabi (“book”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kut.taːb/

#### Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m pl
* plural of كَاتِب (kātib, “writer”)

#### Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) m (plural كَتَاتِيب (katātīb))
* a traditional school for teaching Qur'an

##### Declension
### References

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

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Noun

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

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 76

## Chagatai
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb), likely via Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb).

### Noun

كتاب (kitāb) (plural كتابلار)
* book

#### Descendants

* Uyghur: كىتاب (kitab)
* Uzbek: kitob

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Noun

كتاب • (kitāb) m (plural كتب (kutub))
* book
    عموما التفاصيل في الكتابʕumūman it-tafaṣīl fil-kitābGenerally, all the details are in the book.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.ˈtaːb/, [kɪ.ˈtaːb]

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 2

From Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kutˈtaːb/, [kʊtˈtaːb]

#### Noun

كُتَّاب • (kuttāb) pl
* plural of كاتب (kātib)

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Aleppo) /ki.taːb/, [kɨtæːb]
* IPA: (Beirut) /kteːb/, [kteːb]

### Noun

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

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).

#### Alternative forms

* քիթապ (kitab) — Armeno-Turkish

#### Noun

كِتاب • (kitâb) (plural كُتُب (kütüb))
* book, a collection of sheets of paper bound together

##### Derived terms

* كتابجی (kitabcı, “book-seller”)
* كتابسز (kitabsız, “bookless”)
* كتبخانه (kütübhane, “library”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kitap

#### Further reading

* 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

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُتَّاب (kuttāb).

#### Noun

كُتّاب • (küttâb)
* plural of كاتِب (kâtib)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ktaːb/, [ktæːb]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

كتاب • (ktāb) m (plural كتب (kútob))
* book