köken: From Persian مکتب (maktab), from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab). Cognate with Tatar мәктәп (mäktäp), Uzbek maktab, Azerbaijani məktəb, Crimean Tatar mektep, etc.
köken: Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian مَکْتَب (maktab, “school”), from Arabic مَكْتَبٌ m (maktabun, “traditional Islamic elementary school”), from the root ك ت ب (k t b).