kitab

Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtab/ [kɪˈtʌb]
• Hyphenation: ki‧tab

kitáb m (plural kitoobá f)

1. book

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

• búuk

• 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)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): [ciˈtɑb], [t͡ʃiˈtɑb]

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• (Ganjabasar) IPA^(key): [ctʰaf]

kitab (definite accusative kitabı, sound plural kitablar, broken plural kütüb)

1. book

   kitab oxumaq ― to read a book

   oxunması zəruri olan kitabların siyahısı ― list of must-read books

• kitabça
• kitabxana

• “kitab” in Obastan.com.

• katab
• kutab

• Hyphenation: ki‧tab

kitab

1. to gabble; to talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning

From Malay kitab, from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkitab/ [ˈki.t̪ap̚]

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• Rhymes: -itab
• Syllabification: ki‧tab

kitab (plural kitab-kitab, first-person possessive kitabku, second-person possessive kitabmu, third-person possessive kitabnya)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material).

   Synonyms: buku, pustaka

2. holy book, sacred writing, scripture.

   Synonym: kitab suci

3. code, body of law.

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

• Alkitab

• “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.

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

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

kitab

1. book

   Synonym: libru

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

• IPA^(key): /kitap/
• Rhymes: -itap, -tap, -ap

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kitab (Jawi spelling کتاب, plural kitab-kitab, informal 1st possessive kitabku, 2nd possessive kitabmu, 3rd possessive kitabnya)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

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

• buku
• pustaka

• katib

• → Indonesian: kitab
• → Maranao: kitab

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

kitab

1. law; rule

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

kitab

1. book

Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”)

kitab

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

kitab

1. book

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

Borrowed from Azerbaijani kitab.

kitab

1. book

kitab

1. Misspelling of kitap (“book”).

Ultimately from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”)

kitab

1. holy book