maktab

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Noun

maktab (plural maktabs)

  1. A traditional Islamic elementary school, primarily teaching literacy and the Qur'an.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Noun

maktab (Jawi spelling مکتب, plural maktab-maktab, informal first-person possessive maktabku, informal second-person possessive maktabmu, third-person possessive maktabnya)

  1. school, college

See also


Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic мактаб
Roman maktab
Perso-Arabic ‍‍

Etymology

From Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab), from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Noun

maktab (plural maktablar)

  1. school, college

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