ख़ता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ), from خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, “to sin, err”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xə.t̪ɑː/, [xɐ.t̪äː], /kʰə.t̪ɑː/, [kʰɐ.t̪äː]

Noun

ख़ता • (xatā) f (Urdu spelling خطا)

1. mistake, fault; sin

   Synonyms: अपराध (aprādh), क़सूर (qasūr)

Declension

Declension of ख़ता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ता xatā	ख़ताएँ xatāẽ
oblique	ख़ता xatā	ख़ताओं xatāõ
vocative	ख़ता xatā	ख़ताओ xatāo

Derived terms

• ख़ता करना (xatā karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press