کتابخانه · كِتَاب — library
Persian coinageCertainnoun · Learning · everyday
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
كِتَاب
kitāb/kitaːb/
In Arabic
book
Arabic says: مَكْتَبَة maktaba
Persian
کتابخانه
ketābxāne/ketɒbxɒne/
In Persian
library
- Root
- ك ت ب
Note. A hybrid compound, 'book-house'. Arabic says maktaba, which can also mean a bookshop.
Spelling. Arabic kitāb + Persian xāne 'house'.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr