كتاب إلكتروني
“كتاب إلكتروني” (китааб иликтруний) — an e-book in Arabic. Noun, level A2. Literally "an electronic book": the same kitab from the first lesson, only "electronic". Paper in Arabic is qirtaas — and it has not gone anywhere. In a live sentence: “كتاب إلكتروني على الهاتف أسهل للسفر” — An e-book on the phone is easier for travel. Written with the characters ك, ت, ا, ب, إ, ل, ك, ت, ر, و, ن, ي. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | كتاب إلكتروني |
| Read in Latin letters | китааб иликтруний |
| Translation | an e-book |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "an electronic book": the same kitab from the first lesson, only "electronic". Paper in Arabic is qirtaas — and it has not gone anywhere
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- كتاب إلكتروني على الهاتف أسهل للسفرкитааб иликтруний ʿаля аль-хаатиф асхаль ли-с-сафарAn e-book on the phone is easier for travel
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “an e-book” in Arabic?
«كتاب إلكتروني», read “китааб иликтруний”. In a live sentence: “كتاب إلكتروني على الهاتف أسهل للسفر” — An e-book on the phone is easier for travel. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ك, ت, ا, ب, إ, ل, ك, ت, ر, و, ن, ي.
How is “كتاب إلكتروني” written in Latin letters?
китааб иликтруний. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "an electronic book": the same kitab from the first lesson, only "electronic". Paper in Arabic is qirtaas — and it has not gone anywhere. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.