किताब

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

किताब (kitāb) f

1. book

Borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed 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 کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Displaced Old Hindi कतेब (kateba), from the same source.

• (Delhi) 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 کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Probably via a local Indo-Aryan speech.

किताब (kitab)

1. book

• किताप (kitāp)

Borrowed from Hindi किताब (kitāb), borrowed from Classical Persian کِتَاب (kitāb), borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).

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

किताब • (kitāb)

1. book

   Synonyms: पोथी (pothī), पुस्तक (pustak)

• → Dzongkha: ཀི་ཏབ (ki tab)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “किताप्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 91