كاتب in Ottoman Turkish

Forms: كاتِب [canonical], kâtib [romanization], كُتّاب [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib). Etymology templates: {{der|ota|ar|كَاتِب}} Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) Head templates: {{head|ota|noun|plural|كُتّاب|||||f2tr=|ftr=küttâb|head=كاتِب|tr=kâtib}} كاتِب • (kâtib) (plural كُتّاب (küttâb)), {{ota-noun|head=كاتِب|pl=كُتّاب|pltr=küttâb|tr=kâtib}} كاتِب • (kâtib) (plural كُتّاب (küttâb))

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "katiblik",
      "word": "كاتبلك"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kâtip"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kâtip",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kâtip"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "كُتّاب",
      "roman": "küttâb",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f2tr": "",
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        "head": "كاتِب",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "pltr": "küttâb",
        "tr": "kâtib"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
  "lang_code": "ota",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "secretary, especially in a government office"
      ],
      "id": "en-كاتب-ota-noun-byTbwz6K",
      "links": [
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          "secretary",
          "secretary"
        ]
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ],
      "id": "en-كاتب-ota-noun-xA3HKwIo"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "writer"
      ],
      "id": "en-كاتب-ota-noun-uTAGd0y9"
    }
  ],
  "word": "كاتب"
}

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    "Ottoman Turkish lemmas",
    "Ottoman Turkish nouns",
    "Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Arabic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "word": "كاتبلك"
    }
  ],
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          },
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      ],
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    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib).",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "küttâb",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f2tr": "",
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        "head": "كاتِب",
        "tr": "kâtib"
      },
      "expansion": "كاتِب • (kâtib) (plural كُتّاب (küttâb))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "pl": "كُتّاب",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ota",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "secretary, especially in a government office"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secretary",
          "secretary"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "writer"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "كاتب"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ottoman Turkish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"كاتب" meaning in Ottoman Turkish

Noun