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نوشتن · كَتَبَ — to write

Different wordCertainverb · Learning · everyday

The two languages use unrelated words here.

Arabic

كَتَبَ
kataba

/kataba/

In Arabic

to write

Persian

نوشتن
neveštan

/neveʃtæn/

In Persian

to write

Root
ك ت ب

Note. Arabic kataba 'he wrote'. Persian ketāb, kāteb and maktub all come from this root.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Wehr

Same root ك ت ب