# kitab
## Afar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiˈtab/ [kɪˈtʌb]
* Hyphenation: ki‧tab

### Noun

kitáb m (plural kitoobá f)
* book

#### Usage notes

* Some speakers might use kitáb only in reference to the Quran.

#### Declension

absolutive
kitáb
predicative
kitáaba
subjective
kitáb
genitive
kitáb
Postpositioned forms
l-case
kitáabal
k-case
kitáabak
t-case
kitáabat
h-case
kitáabah :

#### Synonyms

* búuk

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kitab”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ciˈtɑb], [t͡ʃiˈtɑb]
* Audio:(file)
* (Ganjabasar) IPA: [ctʰaf]

### Noun

kitab (definite accusative kitabı, sound plural kitablar, broken plural kütüb)
* book
    kitab oxumaq ― to read a book
    oxunması zəruri olan kitabların siyahısı ― list of must-read books

#### Derived terms

* kitabça
* kitabxana

#### Related terms

* katib
* katibə
* kütüb
* məktəb
* məktub

### Further reading

* “kitab” in Obastan.com.

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* katab
* kutab

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ki‧tab

### Verb

kitab
* to gabble; to talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay kitab, from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkitab/ [ˈki.t̪ap̚]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -itab
* Syllabification: ki‧tab

### Noun

kitab (plural kitab-kitab)
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
    Synonyms: buku, pustaka
* holy book, sacred writing, scripture
    Synonym: kitab suci
* code, body of law

#### Usage notes

Regularly used to mean a religious book or a book of law.

#### Derived terms

* berkitab
* pengitaban
* kitab kemitab
* kitab kuning
* kitab logat
* kitab sembahyangan
* kitab simbur cahaya
* kitab suci
* kitab tib
* kitab undang-undang hukum pidana

#### Related terms

* Alkitab

### References

* ↑ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

### Further reading

* “kitab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /ˈkitab/ [ˈki.ʈʌb]
* Rhymes: -itab
* Syllabification: ki‧tab

### Noun

kitab
* book
    Synonym: libru

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”), from the root ك ت ب (k t b), related to writing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kitap/
* Rhymes: -itap, -tap, -ap
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Noun

kitab (Jawi spelling کتاب, plural kitab-kitab, informal 1st possessive kitabku, 2nd possessive kitabmu, 3rd possessive kitabnya)
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

#### Usage notes

Regularly used to mean a religious book or a book of law.

#### Synonyms

* buku
* pustaka

#### Related terms

* katib

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: kitab
* → Maranao: kitab

## Maranao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kitab (“book”), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)

### Noun

kitab
* law; rule

#### Derived terms

* kitaban
* pangitaban

## Naga Pidgin
### Etymology

From Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb) possibly via Bengali কিতাব (kitab).

### Noun

kitab
* book

## Rohingya
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”)

### Noun

kitab
* book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

## Salar
### Noun

kitab
* book

### References

* Potanin, G.N. (1893) “китаб”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430

## Tat
### Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani kitab.

### Noun

kitab
* book

## Turkish
### Noun

kitab
* Misspelling of kitap (“book”).

## Yakan
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”)

### Noun

kitab
* holy book