کاتب

See also: كاتب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَاتِب (kātib)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaː.ˈtib/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.t̪ʰíb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.t̪ʰéb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.t̪ʰíb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kātib
Dari reading^?	kātib
Iranian reading^?	kâteb
Tajik reading^?	kotib

Noun


Iranian Persian	کاتب
Dari	کاتب
Tajik	котиб

کاتِب • (kâteb) (plural کُتّاب (kottâb))

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (kātiḇ), from Arabic كَاتِب (kātib).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.t̪ɪb/
Rhymes: -ɪb
Hyphenation: کا‧تب

Noun

کاتِب • (kātib) m (Hindi spelling कातिब)

writer, calligrapher
Synonyms: مُصَنِّف (musannif), لیکھَک (lekhak), قَلَم کار (qalam kār)
amanuensis
copyist
clerk

Further reading

“کاتب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“کاتب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کاتب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John T. (1884) “کاتب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
S. W. Fallon (1879) “کاتب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
John Shakespear (1834) “کاتب”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC