خطاب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ط ب‎ (ḵ-ṭ-b). Cognate with Hebrew מכתב‎ (mikhtáv).

Noun

خِطَاب • (ḵiṭāb) m (plural خِطَابَات‎ (ḵiṭābāt) or أَخْطِبَة‎ (ʔaḵṭiba))

verbal noun of خَاطَبَ‎ (ḵāṭaba) (form III)
address, speech
letter

Declension

Declension of noun خِطَاب‎ (ḵiṭāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَاب‎ ḵiṭāb	الْخِطَاب‎ al-ḵiṭāb	خِطَاب‎ ḵiṭāb
Nominative	خِطَابٌ‎ ḵiṭābun	الْخِطَابُ‎ al-ḵiṭābu	خِطَابُ‎ ḵiṭābu
Accusative	خِطَابًا‎ ḵiṭāban	الْخِطَابَ‎ al-ḵiṭāba	خِطَابَ‎ ḵiṭāba
Genitive	خِطَابٍ‎ ḵiṭābin	الْخِطَابِ‎ al-ḵiṭābi	خِطَابِ‎ ḵiṭābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَابَيْن‎ ḵiṭābayn	الْخِطَابَيْن‎ al-ḵiṭābayn	خِطَابَيْ‎ ḵiṭābay
Nominative	خِطَابَانِ‎ ḵiṭābāni	الْخِطَابَانِ‎ al-ḵiṭābāni	خِطَابَا‎ ḵiṭābā
Accusative	خِطَابَيْنِ‎ ḵiṭābayni	الْخِطَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḵiṭābayni	خِطَابَيْ‎ ḵiṭābay
Genitive	خِطَابَيْنِ‎ ḵiṭābayni	الْخِطَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḵiṭābayni	خِطَابَيْ‎ ḵiṭābay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَابَات‎‎; أَخْطِبَة‎ ḵiṭābāt‎; ʔaḵṭiba	الْخِطَابَات‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَة‎ al-ḵiṭābāt‎; al-ʔaḵṭiba	خِطَابَات‎‎; أَخْطِبَة‎ ḵiṭābāt‎; ʔaḵṭibat
Nominative	خِطَابَاتٌ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةٌ‎ ḵiṭābātun‎; ʔaḵṭibatun	الْخِطَابَاتُ‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَةُ‎ al-ḵiṭābātu‎; al-ʔaḵṭibatu	خِطَابَاتُ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةُ‎ ḵiṭābātu‎; ʔaḵṭibatu
Accusative	خِطَابَاتٍ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةً‎ ḵiṭābātin‎; ʔaḵṭibatan	الْخِطَابَاتِ‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَةَ‎ al-ḵiṭābāti‎; al-ʔaḵṭibata	خِطَابَاتِ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةَ‎ ḵiṭābāti‎; ʔaḵṭibata
Genitive	خِطَابَاتٍ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةٍ‎ ḵiṭābātin‎; ʔaḵṭibatin	الْخِطَابَاتِ‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَةِ‎ al-ḵiṭābāti‎; al-ʔaḵṭibati	خِطَابَاتِ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةِ‎ ḵiṭābāti‎; ʔaḵṭibati

Descendants

→ Turkish: hitap

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خطاب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “خطاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

plural of خَاطِب‎ (ḵāṭib)

Adjective

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

masculine plural of خَاطِب‎ (ḵāṭib)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خِطَاب‎ (ḵiṭāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xi.ˈtɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xi.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xe.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χi.t̪ʰɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xitāḇ
Dari reading^?	xitāb
Iranian reading^?	xetâb
Tajik reading^?	xitob

Noun


Iranian Persian	خطاب‎
Dari	خطاب‎
Tajik	хитоб

خطاب • (xetâb)

address; speech addressing someone
‏‎ ― xetâbi be man ― an address towards me

‏‎ ― kasi râ mowred-e xetâb qarâr dâdan ― to address somebody

Derived terms

خطاب کردن‎ (xetâb kardan)
خطاباً‎ (xetâban)
خطابه‎ (xetâbe)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خُطَّاب‎ (ḵuṭṭāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xut.ˈtɑːβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊt̪.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xut̪.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xot̪.t̪ʰɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χut̪.t̪ʰɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xuttāḇ
Dari reading^?	xuttāb
Iranian reading^?	xottâb
Tajik reading^?	xuttob

Noun


Iranian Persian	خطاب‎
Dari	خطاب‎
Tajik	хуттоб

خطاب • (xottâb)

plural of ‎ (xâteb)

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