مكتب

maktab (n. of place fr. كتب 'to write'), s.m. A writing-school (opp. to madrasa, q.v.); a school;—a feast given (by the parents) when a boy is first sent to school:—maktab baiṭhānāor baiṭhā-denā(-meṅ), To establish a school (in):—maktab-paṛhānā, To teach in a school:—maktab-ḵẖāna, s.m. School-house, school;—a gambling-house:—maktab-kāyār, s.m. School-friend, school-fellow:—maktab-ke laṛke, s.m. pl. The boys of a school; schoolboys.