خطاب

Arabic

Root
خ ط ب (ḵ ṭ b)
11 terms

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew מכתב (mikhtáv).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xi.tˤaːb/

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

→ Hindustani:
- → Devanagari script: ख़िताब (xitāb)
- → Arabic script: خِطَاب (xitāb)
→ Punjabi:
- → Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਿਤਾਬ (xitāb)
- → Shahmukhi script: خِطَاب (xit̤āb)
→ Persian: خطاب
- → Tajik: хитоб (xitob)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خطاب
- → Turkish: hitap
→ Uyghur: خىتاب (xitab)
→ Uzbek: xitob

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xutˤ.tˤaːb/

Noun

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

plural of خَاطِب (ḵāṭib)

Adjective

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

masculine plural of خَاطِب (ḵāṭib)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خطاب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xi.ˈtaːb/

(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^?	xitāb
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.ˈtaːb/

(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^?	xuttāb
Dari reading^?	xuttāb
Iranian reading^?	xottâb
Tajik reading^?	xuttob

Noun


Iranian Persian	خطاب
Dari	خطاب
Tajik	хуттоб

خطاب • (xottâb)

plural of (xâteb)