Where does “mekteb” come from?
mekteb (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مکتب, from Arabic مَكْتَب, from Arabic ت — Form of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of...
mekteb (Serbo-Croatian): religious primary school
Ancestry of “mekteb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مکتب | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَكْتَب | elementary school |
| 3 | Arabic | ت | Form of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of... |