كتكت
Chadian Arabic
Etymology
According to Behnstedt and Woidich (2012), possibly derived from Arabic كَاغَد (kāḡad, “a kind of paper”), from Persian.
Noun
كتكت • (katkat) m (collective, singulative كتكتاي f (katkatāy), plural كتاكت (katākit))
- paper (material used for writing or printing on)
See also
- ورقة (waraga, “important paper”)
References
- Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 75
- Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999), Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 715
- Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 311