Urdu Dictionary

کتاب kitāb inf. n. of کتب 'to write'

A کتاب kitāb (inf. n. of کتب 'to write'), s.f. A book; a writing, despatches; scripture; a letter:—kitāb-ě-ilāhī, or kitāb-ě-āsmāni, or kitāb-ě-majīd, The holy book, holy writ, the Qorʼān:—kitāb-pe ćaṛhānā (-ko), To enter in a book, to book, register, put down, make a note of:—kitāb-ḵẖāna, s.m. A library (better kutub-ḵẖāna):—kitāb-rū, adj. Long-faced, oval:—kitāb-farosh, s.m. A bookseller:—kitāb-wālā, s.m. (f. -ī), One who has a revealed Book, i.e. a Jew, a Christian, or a Moḥammadan (syn. ahl-ě-kitāb);—a vendor or a maker of books.