خطیب
See also: خطيب
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Noun
خطیب • (hatîb) (plural خطبا)
- a public speaker, an orator
- a good speaker
- (Islam) an official preacher who delivers khutbah before the Friday prayer
Descendants
- Turkish: hatip
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطیب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 856
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xa.ˈtiːb/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.t̪ʰíːb]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.t̪ʰíːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.t̪ʰíb]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xatīb |
| Dari reading? | xatīb |
| Iranian reading? | xatib |
| Tajik reading? | xatib |
Noun
| Dari | خطیب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | хатиб |
خطیب • (xatib) (plural خطبا (xotabâ))
- a public speaker, an orator
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خطیب (xat̤īb), itself from Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xə.t̪iːb/
- (common) IPA(key): /xə.t̪eːb/
- Rhymes: -iːb, -eːb
- Hyphenation: خَ‧طیب
Noun
خَطِیب or خَطیب • (xatīb or xateb) m (formal plural خطبا, feminine خطیبہ, Hindi spelling ख़तीब or ख़तेब)
- (religion) an orator, preacher (one who delivers a sermon)
- representative (one who speaks for a community; group)
- (figuratively) a reader
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | خطیب (xatīb) | خطیب (xatīb) |
| oblique | خطیب (xatīb) | خطیبوں (xatībõ) |
| vocative | خطیب (xatīb) | خطیبو (xatībo) |
Further reading
- “خطیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خطیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خطیب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.