Kitab (, ''kitāb''), also transcribed as kitaab, is the Arabic word for "
script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
* Script (styles of handwriting)
** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of handw ...
" or "
book
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, ...
" and may refer to:
* ''
Kitaab
''Kitaab'' (''English: The Book'') is a 1977 Indian drama film written and directed by Gulzar. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Shreeram Lagoo, Keshto Mukherjee and Asit Sen. The film was based on Bengali story ''Pathik'' by Samar ...
'', a 1977 Indian Hindi-language film
* ''
Kithaab
''Kithaab'', also ''Kitab'' (), is a Malayalam-language play featuring a humorous portrayal of a young girl who dreams of calling out the Azaan (''vaang''), the Islamic call to worship normally recited by a male muezzin or mukri. The girl ques ...
'' (also ''Kitab''), a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language play
* ''Kitab'', the Russian name for
Kitob
Kitob (, ) is a city in Kitob District of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Kitob District. Its population is 40,800 (2016).
During the Soviet period, a major astronomical observatory
An observatory is a lo ...
, a city in Uzbekistan
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K-T-B
K-T-B (; ) is a triconsonantal root of a number of Semitic words, typically those having to do with writing.
The words for "office", "writer" and "record" all reflect this root. Most notably, the Arabic word ''kitab'' ("book") is also used in a ...
, a Semitic word triconsonantal root
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Khitab
Khattab (, also spelled Khutab or Khattab) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, northwest of Hama located near the Orontes River River. Nearby localities include Qamhana to the east, Shihat Hama to th ...
, a town in northwestern Syria
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Mushaf
''Mushaf'' (, ; plural ) is an Arabic word for a codex or collection of sheets, but also refers to a written copy of the Quran. The chapters of the Quran, which Muslims believe was revealed during a 23-year period in Muhammad's lifetime, were wr ...
or kitāb, a written copy of Quran
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