English
maktab
Maktab comes from Arabic مَكْتَب ‘maktab, elementary school’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَكْتَبmaktab‘maktab, elementary school’
- Englishtodaymaktab
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentمَكْتَبmaktab‘maktab, elementary school’
- Englishtodaymaktab
Every English word from Arabic مَكْتَب
Today it means
noun A traditional Islamic elementary school, primarily teaching literacy and the Qur'an.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic مَكْتَب / maktab