किताब

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

किताब (kitāb) f

1. book

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈtɑb/

किताब (kitāb) f

1. book

• Anoop Chandra Chandola (1966) A Synthatic Sketch of Garhwali, University of Chicago press (PhD thesis), page 22

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), from the same source. Compare Assamese কিতাপ (kitap), Bengali কিতাব (kitab), Gujarati કિતાબ (kitāb), Maithili किताप (kitāp), Nepali किताब (kitāb), Odia କିତାବ (kitabô), Punjabi ਕਿਤਾਬ (kitāb), Sindhi ڪتاب (kitāb).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɪ.t̪ɑːb/, [kɪ.t̪äːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

किताब • (kitāb) f (Urdu spelling کِتَاب)

1. book

   Synonyms: पुस्तक (pustak), सहीफ़ा (sahīfā), दस्तावेज़ (dastāvez), ग्रंथ (granth), शास्त्र (śāstra)

   मैं एक किताब लिख रहा हूँ।

   ma͠i ek kitāb likh rahā hū̃.

   I am writing a book.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “किताब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb); probably via a local Indo-Aryan speech.

किताब (kitab)

1. book

• किताप [kitāp]

Borrowed from Classical Persian کتاب (kitāb), from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

• IPA^(key): [kit̪äb]
• Phonetic Devanagari: किताब्

किताब • (kitāb)

1. book

   Synonyms: पोथी (pothī), पुस्तक (pustak)

• → Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab)