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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kâtip.

clerk

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/caːˈtip/[cäː.t̪ip]

  1. clerk

  2. scribe

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كاتب (ḱatib), from Arabic كَاتِب (kātib, “clerk”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.