کاتب kātib act. part. of کتب 'to write'
A کاتب kātib (act. part. of کتب 'to write'), s.m. A writer, a scribe, an amanuensis, a copier, a clerk.
قطب qut̤b v.n. fr. قطب 'to collect, to draw together,' c.
A قطب qut̤b (v.n. fr. قطب 'to collect, to draw together,' &c.), s.m. The polar star, the north pole;—a centre round which anything revolves; the iron spindle of a millstone; an axis; a pivot;—a prince, lord, chief;—a title or degree of rank among religious mendicants:—qut̤b-ě-janūbī, s.m. The antartic or south pole:—qut̤b-ě-shimālī, The arctic or north pole:—qut̤b-ě-samā, or qutb-ě-samāwī, The axis of heaven; the celestial pole:—qut̤b-numā, s.m. A magnetic compass.
کتب kutub
A کتب kutub, s.f. pl. (of kitāb), Books:—kutub-ḵẖāna, s.m. A book-shop; a library; a book-shelf:—kutub-farosh, s.m. A bookseller.
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.
