خطاب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ط ب (ḵ-ṭ-b)

Cognate with Hebrew מכתב (mikhtáv).

Noun

خِطَاب • (ḵiṭāb) m (plural خِطَابَات (ḵiṭābāt) or أَخْطِبَة (ʔaḵṭiba))

verbal noun of خَاطَبَ (ḵāṭaba) (form III)
address, speech
letter

Declension

Declension of noun خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَاب ḵiṭāb	الْخِطَاب al-ḵiṭāb	خِطَاب ḵiṭāb
Nominative	خِطَابٌ ḵiṭābun	الْخِطَابُ al-ḵiṭābu	خِطَابُ ḵiṭābu
Accusative	خِطَابًا ḵiṭāban	الْخِطَابَ al-ḵiṭāba	خِطَابَ ḵiṭāba
Genitive	خِطَابٍ ḵiṭābin	الْخِطَابِ al-ḵiṭābi	خِطَابِ ḵiṭābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَابَيْن ḵiṭābayn	الْخِطَابَيْن al-ḵiṭābayn	خِطَابَيْ ḵiṭābay
Nominative	خِطَابَانِ ḵiṭābāni	الْخِطَابَانِ al-ḵiṭābāni	خِطَابَا ḵiṭābā
Accusative	خِطَابَيْنِ ḵiṭābayni	الْخِطَابَيْنِ al-ḵiṭābayni	خِطَابَيْ ḵiṭābay
Genitive	خِطَابَيْنِ ḵiṭābayni	الْخِطَابَيْنِ al-ḵiṭābayni	خِطَابَيْ ḵiṭābay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَابَات‎; أَخْطِبَة ḵiṭābāt‎; ʔaḵṭiba	الْخِطَابَات‎; الْأَخْطِبَة al-ḵiṭābāt‎; al-ʔaḵṭiba	خِطَابَات‎; أَخْطِبَة ḵiṭābāt‎; ʔaḵṭibat
Nominative	خِطَابَاتٌ‎; أَخْطِبَةٌ ḵiṭābātun‎; ʔaḵṭibatun	الْخِطَابَاتُ‎; الْأَخْطِبَةُ al-ḵiṭābātu‎; al-ʔaḵṭibatu	خِطَابَاتُ‎; أَخْطِبَةُ ḵiṭābātu‎; ʔaḵṭibatu
Accusative	خِطَابَاتٍ‎; أَخْطِبَةً ḵiṭābātin‎; ʔaḵṭibatan	الْخِطَابَاتِ‎; الْأَخْطِبَةَ al-ḵiṭābāti‎; al-ʔaḵṭibata	خِطَابَاتِ‎; أَخْطِبَةَ ḵiṭābāti‎; ʔaḵṭibata
Genitive	خِطَابَاتٍ‎; أَخْطِبَةٍ ḵiṭābātin‎; ʔaḵṭibatin	الْخِطَابَاتِ‎; الْأَخْطِبَةِ al-ḵiṭābāti‎; al-ʔaḵṭibati	خِطَابَاتِ‎; أَخْطِبَةِ ḵiṭābāti‎; ʔaḵṭibati

Descendants

→ Turkish: hitap

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خطاب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “خطاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

plural of خَاطِب (ḵāṭib)

Adjective

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

masculine plural of خَاطِب (ḵāṭib)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xi.ˈtɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xi.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xe.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χi.t̪ʰɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xitāḇ
Dari reading^?	xitāb
Iranian reading^?	xetâb
Tajik reading^?	xitob

Noun


Iranian Persian	خطاب
Dari	خطاب
Tajik	хитоб

خطاب • (xetâb)

address; speech addressing someone
― xetâbi be man ― an address towards me

― kasi râ mowred-e xetâb qarâr dâdan ― to address somebody

Derived terms

خطاب کردن (xetâb kardan)
خطاباً (xetâban)
خطابه (xetâbe)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خُطَّاب (ḵuṭṭāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xut.ˈtɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xut̪.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xot̪.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χut̪.t̪ʰɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xuttāḇ
Dari reading^?	xuttāb
Iranian reading^?	xottâb
Tajik reading^?	xuttob

Noun


Iranian Persian	خطاب
Dari	خطاب
Tajik	хуттоб

خطاب • (xottâb)

plural of (xâteb)

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