"کاتب" meaning in Urdu

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Noun

IPA: /kɑː.t̪ɪb/ [Standard, Urdu] Forms: کاتِب [canonical], kātib [romanization], कातिब [Hindi]
Rhymes: -ɪb Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian کاتب (kātiḇ), from Arabic كَاتِب (kātib). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ur|fa-cls|کاتب|tr=kātiḇ}} Borrowed from Classical Persian کاتب (kātiḇ), {{der|ur|ar|كَاتِب}} Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) Head templates: {{ur-noun|g=m|head=کاتِب}} کاتِب • (kātib) m (Hindi spelling कातिब)
  1. calligrapher
    Sense id: en-کاتب-ur-noun-P-fFIHq4
  2. amanuensis
    Sense id: en-کاتب-ur-noun-1rRMU0TE
  3. copyist
    Sense id: en-کاتب-ur-noun-M3H9vJi0 Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 75 18
  4. clerk
    Sense id: en-کاتب-ur-noun-xA3HKwIo Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 2 10 27 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "kātib",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "कातिब",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
    "کا‧تب"
  ],
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          "langcode": "ur",
          "name": "Occupations",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "clerk"
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kɑː.t̪ɪb/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪb"
    }
  ],
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    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu masculine nouns",
    "Urdu nouns",
    "Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms derived from Arabic",
    "Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "kātib",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "کاتِب"
      },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "کا‧تب"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "amanuensis"
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "copyist"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "copyist",
          "copyist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kɑː.t̪ɪb/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "کاتب"
}

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