Has Sanskrit/Hindi word Pustak anything to do with Animal Skin? I think Urdu word Kitab has some relation to its meaning as animal skin. Is "pustak" also somehow similar?
There is no reference pointing the meaning of "pustak" towards "animal skin." Pustak means book.
I referred to Monier-Williams and here is what is written there:
पुस्त Pusta, m.n. working in clay, modelling, Kathaas.; a manuscript, book, Var. (cf. below); Hcat.; mfn. covered, filled, W. - karman, n. plastering, painting, W. - maya, mf(i)n. formed of metal or wood, wrought in clay, modelled, Susr. - vaartta, m. one who loves by books or makes books, VarBrS.
पुस्तक Pustaka, m. or n. a protuberant ornament, boss (see below); mf(ikaa)n. a manuscript, book, booklet, Hariv.; Kaav.; Var.&c. - kara, m. an embosser, VarBrS., Sch. Pustakagara,n. 'book-room', a library, MW. Pustakastarana,n. the wrapper of a manuscript,Hcat.
[Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0640]
पुस्त Pusta, m.n. working in clay, modelling, Kathaas.; a manuscript, book, Var. (cf. below); Hcat.; mfn. covered, filled, W. - karman, n. plastering, painting, W. - maya, mf(i)n. formed of metal or wood, wrought in clay, modelled, Susr. - vaartta, m. one who loves by books or makes books, VarBrS.
पुस्तक Pustaka, m. or n. a protuberant ornament, boss (see below); mf(ikaa)n. a manuscript, book, booklet, Hariv.; Kaav.; Var.&c. - kara, m. an embosser, VarBrS., Sch. Pustakagara,n. 'book-room', a library, MW. Pustakastarana,n. the wrapper of a manuscript,Hcat.
[Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0640]
I think the confusion would have happened because of the meaning of the word "Kitab".
The word kitab means to collect and its root is Katb. Words like kitabat and kitab are derived from the same root. Raghib Isfahani, the renowned scholar of Isfahan of the fifth century Hijra and the author of Mufradiitu Alfaz al-Qur’an writes “katb means to stitch two pieces of skins or bring those two pieces together.” [Ref]
More:
Al-Jafr is a mystical Shia holy book [Link]. The material of al-Jafr is parchment for writing made from animals skin [Link]
In the same connection here comes this verse [Link]:
Abu al- 'AlA' (a poet) pointed to this jafr (divination) and said:
"Verily, they became astonished at the family of
Mohammed when their knowledge came to them
written on the skin of a full grown he- goat."
It seems there is connection of "kitab" किताब with "animal skin", or to be specific "skin of a full grown he-goat" as is evident from numerous references...
More:
Al-Jafr is a mystical Shia holy book [Link]. The material of al-Jafr is parchment for writing made from animals skin [Link]
In the same connection here comes this verse [Link]:
Abu al- 'AlA' (a poet) pointed to this jafr (divination) and said:
"Verily, they became astonished at the family of
Mohammed when their knowledge came to them
written on the skin of a full grown he- goat."
It seems there is connection of "kitab" किताब with "animal skin", or to be specific "skin of a full grown he-goat" as is evident from numerous references...
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