كلتب
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
كلتب doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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كَلْتَبَ Form Q. 1
Q. 1 كَلْتَبَ ذ , inf. n. كَلْتَبَةٌ, He acted as a pimp. (IAar.) See كَلْتَبَانٌ. -b2- [Freytag assigns to this verb the signification Dissimulations, astutia, usus est in rebus; as from the K, with the same inf. n.: bu…
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كَلْتَبٌ
كَلْتَبٌ ذ and كُلْتُبٌ Dissimulation, or craftiness, or deceit, in affairs: (K:) [or i. q. كَلْثَبٌ, q. v.]…
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