كَاتِبٌ
Root: كتب
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كَاتِبٌ
[A writer; a scribe; a secretary]: pl. كَاتِبُونَ and كُتَّابٌ and كَتَبَةٌ.
2 A learned man was so called by the Arabs, because, in general, he who knew the art of writing was possessed of science and knowledge; and writers among them were few.
2 A learned man was so called by the Arabs, because, in general, he who knew the art of writing was possessed of science and knowledge; and writers among them were few.
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