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

Definitions

  1. religious primary school

Ancestry of “mekteb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمکتب—
2Arabicمَكْتَبelementary school
3ArabicتForm of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of...
Every word from Arabic ت →Every word from Arabic مَكْتَب →Every word from Ottoman Turkish مکتب →