كتب
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كتب¹
- /ka.ta.ba/
Where it comes from
From Proto-West Semitic *katab-, but the sense "to write" has long been considered a borrowing from another Central Semitic language, perhaps denominally from كِتَاب (kitāb).
verb كَتَبَ · kataba · يَكْتُبُ · كِتَابَة · كَتْب · كِتَاب
- to draw (figures)
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to cut (figures)
Similar: نَقَشَ
- to write up, to compose, to draw up, to draft
- to set down figures with a typewriter or a keyboard, to typewrite or keyboard, to type
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to put down in writing, to write down; to record; to register; to track
وَٱللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ
Similar: سَجَّلَ
- to write down (an event, such as a destiny or a fatality); to destine or predestine; to foreordain قُل لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا
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to write down (an ordinance, a law, a commandment, or the like); to prescribe
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا
Similar: سَجَّلَ
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to bequeath
يَا قَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَلَى أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ
Similar: سَجَّلَ
noun كَتْب · katb · الْكَتْب · كَتْبٌ
- verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba)
كتب²
- /kat.ta.ba/
Where it comes from
Form-II causative of كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”).
verb كَتَّبَ · kattaba · يُكَتِّبُ · تَكْتِيب · مُكَتِّب
- to cause to write, to make someone write
- to deploy in squadrons
كتب³
- /ku.tub/
noun كُتُب · kutub
- plural of كِتَاب (kitāb)
كتب⁴
- /ki.taːb/
noun كِتٰب · kitāb · كُتُب · الْكِتٰب
- Classical Arabic spelling of كِتَاب (kitāb)
In English
- write to form letters, etc.
Talk about this word "كتب." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. كتب. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8 "كتب." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8.Cite this
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title = {كتب},
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