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maktab

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kuttab

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَكْتَب (maktab) — Islamic elementary school
  • Arabic: كُتَّاب (kuttāb) — Islamic elementary school
  • Azerbaijani: məktəb — Islamic elementary school
  • Bengali: মকতব (moktob) — Islamic elementary school
  • French: mekteb — Islamic elementary school
  • Greek: μακτάμπ (maktámp) — Islamic elementary school
  • Hindi: मकतब (maktab) — Islamic elementary school
  • Indonesian: maktab — Islamic elementary school
  • Japanese: マクタブ (makutabu) — Islamic elementary school
  • Japanese: クッターブ (kuttābu) — Islamic elementary school
  • Kazakh: мектеп (mektep) — Islamic elementary school
  • Northern Kurdish: mekteb — Islamic elementary school
  • Kyrgyz: мектеп (mektep) — Islamic elementary school
  • Malay: maktab — Islamic elementary school
  • Pashto: مکتب (maktáb) — Islamic elementary school
  • Dari: مَکْتَب (maktab) — Islamic elementary school
  • Iranian Persian: مَکْتَب (maktab) — Islamic elementary school
  • Russian: мекте́б (mektɛ́b) — Islamic elementary school
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѐктеб — Islamic elementary school
  • Serbo-Croatian: mèkteb — Islamic elementary school
  • Tatar: мәктәп (mäktäp) — Islamic elementary school
  • Turkish: mektep — Islamic elementary school
  • Ottoman Turkish: مكتب (mekteb) — Islamic elementary school
  • Turkmen: mekdep — Islamic elementary school
  • Urdu: مَکْتَب (maktab) — Islamic elementary school
  • Uyghur: مەكتەپ (mektep) — Islamic elementary school
  • Uzbek: maktab — Islamic elementary school