مکتب

مکتب (məktəb) (definite accusative مکتبی (məktəbi), plural مکتبلر (məktəblər))

1. Arabic spelling of məktəb

مکتب (plural مکتب-مکتب or مکتب٢)

1. Jawi spelling of maktab.‎

Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

مکتب • (maktab) (plural مکتب‌ها, or مکاتب (makâteb))

1. (Dari) school (in general)

   Synonym: (Iran) مدرسه (madrese)

   من بدون خواهرم به مکتب نمی‌روم. (Dari)

   man bidûn-i xâhar-am ba maktab na-mê-rawam.

   I'm not going to school without my sister.

2. maktab (traditional school)
3. school of thought, ideology

   مکتب کنفوسیوس ― maktab-e konfowsiyus ― the Confucian school; Confucian ideology

   مکتب فرانکفورت ― maktab-e frânkfurt ― the Frankfurt school

• In Iran, مکتب (maktab) specifically refers to traditional Qur'an-teaching schools which are now obsolete, and the word for modern schools is مدرسه (madrese). In Afghanistan, however, مکتب (maktab) is used to refer to modern schools as well.

• مکتبی (maktabi)

Ultimately from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mək.t̪əb/
• Rhymes: -əb
• Hyphenation: مَکْ‧تَب

مَکْتَب • (maktab) m (Hindi spelling मकतब)

1. school, maktab
2. primary school
3. school of thought

   Synonym: مدرسہ (madrasa)

   Synonym: دبستان (dabistān)