خطا

Arabic

Root
خ ط و (ḵ ṭ w)
4 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.tˤaː/

Verb

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

1. to take a step forward, to step

Conjugation

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

Proper noun

خَطَا • (ḵaṭā) f or m pl (collective, singulative خَطَائِيّ m (ḵaṭāʔiyy))

1. Khitans

Derived terms

• بِلَاد الْخَطَا (bilād al-ḵaṭā)

Descendants

• → Persian: خَطا (xatâ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خَطا (Hatâ)
  • Turkish: Hatâ
• → Punjabi: خَطا (xat̤ā)
• → Urdu: خَطا (xatā)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

Noun

خطا • (hatâ)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: hata

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 854

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَّاء (ḵaṭṭāʔ).

Adjective

خطا • (hattâ)

1. who misses, or blunders, much

Noun

خطا • (hattâ)

1. a blunderer

Descendants

• Turkish: hatta

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 854

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

Alternative forms

• خطای (Hatây)

Proper noun

خطا • (Hatâ)

1. Cathay, northern China

Derived terms

• خطایی (Hatâyî)

Descendants

• Turkish: Hata

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 854

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈtaː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.t̪ʰɔ́]

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

Noun

Dari	خطا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хато

خطا • (xatâ) (plural خطاها)

1. error; fault; mistake

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ता (xatā)

  Urdu: خَطا (xatā)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖਤਾ (khatā)

  Shahmukhi script: خطا (xat̤ā)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

Alternative forms

• خطای (xatây)

Proper noun

Dari	خطا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Хато

خطا • (xatâ)

1. Cathay, northern China

Derived terms

• خطایی (xatâyi)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خطا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.t̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

خَطا • (xatā) f (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

Declension of خطا

	singular	plural
direct	خَطا (xatā)	خَطائیں (xatāẽ)
oblique	خَطا (xatā)	خَطاؤں (xatāõ)
vocative	خَطا (xatā)	خَطاؤ (xatāo)

Further reading

• “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, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.t̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

خَطا • (xatā) ? (Hindi spelling ख़ता)

1. Cathay, northern China

Descendants

• خَطائی (xatāī)

Further reading

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