Mekteb

Name

The Classical Persian word مکتبخانهmaktabkhāna has been used in Iranian Persian (maktabkhâneh) as well as in Azerbaijani (məktəbxana), in Ottoman Turkish (مكتبخانه; modern Turkish: mektephane) and in Uzbek (maktabxona), often alongside مکتبmaktab (Azerbaijani: məktəb; Turkish: mektep; etc.). Maktab is used in Dari Persian in Afghanistan as an equivalent term to school, including both primary and secondary schools. In Bosnian, it is called a mejtef or mekteb.