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Aur. Because the "o" and the "au" are different.
"o" is closed o:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel
"au" is "ɔ" in IPA, open o:
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So strange how aur is a cognate of or in English, or of other similar variants in Indo-European languages (o, ori, ou, oder, etc.), but it means and :)
Most native Hindi speakers that I speak with use पुस्तक(Pustak) instead of किताब (Kitab) for book. But I see किताब used more in Bollywood movies.
Is it ok to use पुस्तकinstead? From what I understand किताब is an Arabic word, and is falling out of style. At Least that's what it seemed like when I spoke with native Hindi speakers.
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Lol both of them are absolutely fine. People generally don't even use pustak aur kitaab, they just say book. But nobody would find it weird if yoi say either one of them