Arabic

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Root
خ ط و (ḵ ṭ w)
4 terms

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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خَطَا (ḵaṭā) I (non-past يَخْطُو (yaḵṭū), verbal noun خَطْو (ḵaṭw))

  1. to take a step forward, to step
Conjugation
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Conjugation of خَطَا (I, final-weak, a ~ u, no passive, verbal noun خَطْو)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
خَطْو
ḵaṭw
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
خَاطٍ
ḵāṭin
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد
dual
الْمُثَنَّى
plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم
2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب
3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي
m خَطَوْتُ
ḵaṭawtu
خَطَوْتَ
ḵaṭawta
خَطَا
ḵaṭā
خَطَوْتُمَا
ḵaṭawtumā
خَطَوَا
ḵaṭawā
خَطَوْنَا
ḵaṭawnā
خَطَوْتُمْ
ḵaṭawtum
خَطَوْا
ḵaṭaw
f خَطَوْتِ
ḵaṭawti
خَطَتْ
ḵaṭat
خَطَتَا
ḵaṭatā
خَطَوْتُنَّ
ḵaṭawtunna
خَطَوْنَ
ḵaṭawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع
m أَخْطُو
ʔaḵṭū
تَخْطُو
taḵṭū
يَخْطُو
yaḵṭū
تَخْطُوَانِ
taḵṭuwāni
يَخْطُوَانِ
yaḵṭuwāni
نَخْطُو
naḵṭū
تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna
يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
f تَخْطِينَ
taḵṭīna
تَخْطُو
taḵṭū
تَخْطُوَانِ
taḵṭuwāni
تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna
يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب
m أَخْطُوَ
ʔaḵṭuwa
تَخْطُوَ
taḵṭuwa
يَخْطُوَ
yaḵṭuwa
تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā
يَخْطُوَا
yaḵṭuwā
نَخْطُوَ
naḵṭuwa
تَخْطُوا
taḵṭū
يَخْطُوا
yaḵṭū
f تَخْطِي
taḵṭī
تَخْطُوَ
taḵṭuwa
تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā
تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna
يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم
m أَخْطُ
ʔaḵṭu
تَخْطُ
taḵṭu
يَخْطُ
yaḵṭu
تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā
يَخْطُوَا
yaḵṭuwā
نَخْطُ
naḵṭu
تَخْطُوا
taḵṭū
يَخْطُوا
yaḵṭū
f تَخْطِي
taḵṭī
تَخْطُ
taḵṭu
تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā
تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna
يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
imperative
الْأَمْر
m اُخْطُ
uḵṭu
اُخْطُوَا
uḵṭuwā
اُخْطُوا
uḵṭū
f اُخْطِي
uḵṭī
اُخْطُونَ
uḵṭūna

Etymology 2

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    Proper noun

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    خَطَا (ḵaṭāf or m pl (collective, singulative خَطَائِيّ m (ḵaṭāʔiyy))

    1. Khitans
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    Descendants
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    • Persian: خَطا (xatâ)
    • Ottoman Turkish: خَطا (Hatâ)
    • Punjabi: خَطا (xat̤ā)
    • Urdu: خَطا (xatā)

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

    Noun

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    خطا (hatâ)

    1. a miss in shooting or throwing
    2. a mistake, a blunder
    3. a wrong action, an offense, sin, iniquity, crime
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَّاء (ḵaṭṭāʔ).

    Adjective

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    خطا (hattâ)

    1. who misses, or blunders, much

    Noun

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    خطا (hattâ)

    1. a blunderer

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    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

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    Proper noun

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    خطا (Hatâ)

    1. Cathay, northern China
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    Persian

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    Readings
    Classical reading? xatā
    Dari reading? xatā
    Iranian reading? xatâ
    Tajik reading? xato

    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

    Noun

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    Dari خطا
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik хато

    خطا (xatâ) (plural خطاها)

    1. error; fault; mistake
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

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    Dari خطا
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik Хато

    خطا (xatâ)

    1. Cathay, northern China
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    Urdu

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian خَطَا (xatā), from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ). First attested in c. 1578 Middle Hindi خطا (xatā).

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    Noun

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    خَطا (xatāf (Hindi spelling ख़ता)

    1. a mistake; error; fault
      Synonym: غَلْطی (ġaltī)
    2. sin, crime
      Synonym: گُناہ (gunāh)
    3. oversight, slip
    4. a miss (of a target etc.)
    5. incorrect, wrong
      Synonym: غَلَط (ġalat)
    6. (mathematics, logic) counterexample
    7. (geology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Declension
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    Declension of خطا
    singular plural
    direct خَطا (xatā) خَطائیں (xatāẽ)
    oblique خَطا (xatā) خَطاؤں (xatāõ)
    vocative خَطا (xatā) خَطاؤ (xatāo)

    Further reading

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    • خطا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • خطا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خطا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “خطا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “خطا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    • John Shakespear (1834) “خطا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

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    Proper noun

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    خَطا (xatā? (Hindi spelling ख़ता)

    1. Cathay, northern China
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    Further reading

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    • Platts, John T. (1884) “خطا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.