K-T-B

K-T-B (Hebrew: כ-ת-ב; Arabic: ك-ت-ب) is a triconsonantal root of a number of Semitic words, typically those having to do with writing.^[1]^[2]

The words for "office", "writer" and "record" all reflect this root. Most notably, the Arabic word kitab ("book") is also used in a number of Semitic and Indo-Iranian languages, as well as Turkish. One cultural example would be the Mishnaic expression Katuv or the cognate Arabic expression transliterated as Maktoub, which may be translated as "it is written". Another would be the Kutubiyya Mosque of Marrakech, whose name is taken from the librarians and booksellers who once occupied that area.^[3]

^ Alabdulkarim, Lamya (2021). "The Acquisition of the Dual in Saudi Arabian Arabic". Al-'Arabiyya. 54: 39. ISSN 0889-8731. JSTOR 48659148. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
^ Kastner, Itamar (2019). "Templatic morphology as an emergent property: Roots and functional heads in Hebrew". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 37 (2): 572. doi:10.1007/s11049-018-9419-y. ISSN 0167-806X. JSTOR 45106753. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
^ Kimmelman, Michael (1998-08-25). "From Mosque To Museum; Restoring an Object's Surface May Petrify Its Heart". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

[1] Alabdulkarim, Lamya (2021). "The Acquisition of the Dual in Saudi Arabian Arabic". Al-'Arabiyya. 54: 39. ISSN 0889-8731. JSTOR 48659148. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

[2] Kastner, Itamar (2019). "Templatic morphology as an emergent property: Roots and functional heads in Hebrew". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 37 (2): 572. doi:10.1007/s11049-018-9419-y. ISSN 0167-806X. JSTOR 45106753. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

[3] Kimmelman, Michael (1998-08-25). "From Mosque To Museum; Restoring an Object's Surface May Petrify Its Heart". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

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