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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
غ ل ط (ḡ l ṭ)
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Verb

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غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) I (non-past يَغْلَطُ (yaḡlaṭu), verbal noun غَلَط (ḡalaṭ))

  1. to err
  2. to make a mistake
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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غَلَط (ḡalaṭm (plural أَغْلَاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. verbal noun of غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) (form I)
  2. error, mistake
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Adjective

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غَلَط (ḡalaṭ)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

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Adjective

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غلط (ǧalat)

  1. wrong
    Synonym: ناسم (nâsëm)

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

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Readings
Classical reading? ğalat
Dari reading? ğalat
Iranian reading? ğalat
Tajik reading? ġalat

Adjective

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غلط (ğalat)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

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غلط (ğalat) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalat-hâ))

  1. wrong
  2. mistake
  3. error
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from غلطیدن (ğaltidan), غلتیدن (ğaltidan, to roll), if not vice versa.

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Readings
Classical reading? ğalt
Dari reading? ğalt
Iranian reading? ğalt
Tajik reading? ġalt

Noun

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غلط (ğalt) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalt-hâ))

  1. rotation, roll
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
غ ل ط
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣi.litˤ/, [ˈɣi.lɪtˤ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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غلط (ḡiliṭ) I (present بغلط (biḡlaṭ))

  1. to make a mistake
    Synonym: أخطى (ʔaḵṭa)
  2. (+ على) to wrong, to offend, to insult
    ما تسمح لحدا مين ما كان يغلط عليك.
    mā tismaḥ la-ḥada mīn mā kān yiḡlaṭ ʕalēk
    Don't let anyone — whoever it may be — insult you.
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    Conjugation of غلط (ḡiliṭ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلط (ḡiliṭ) غلطنا (ḡliṭna) غلطتو (ḡliṭtu) غلطو (ḡilṭu)
f غلطتي (ḡliṭti) غلطت (ḡilṭat)
present m بغلط (baḡlaṭ) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ) بغلط (biḡlaṭ) منغلط (mniḡlaṭ) بتغلطو (btiḡlaṭu) بغلطو (biḡlaṭu)
f بتغلطي (btiḡlaṭi) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ)
subjunctive m أغلط (ʔaḡlaṭ) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ) يغلط (yiḡlaṭ) نغلط (niḡlaṭ) تغلطو (tiḡlaṭu) يغلطو (yiḡlaṭu)
f تغلطي (tiḡlaṭi) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ)
imperative m اغلط (iḡlaṭ) اغلطو (iḡlaṭu)
f اغلطي (iḡlaṭi)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

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Noun

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غلط (ḡalaṭm (plural أغلاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: غلطة (ḡalṭa)
  2. wrong, incorrect
    Antonyms: صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, adjective), صح (ṣaḥḥ, interjection)
    الجواب غلط.
    il-jawāb ḡalaṭ
    The answer is wrong.
    فهمتني غلط.
    fhemt-ni ḡalaṭ
    You misunderstood me.
Usage notes
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  • Although غلط (ḡalaṭ) is a noun, it's usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.
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  • غلطان (ḡalṭān, wrong, mistaken (of people))

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

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غلط (ġalat) (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

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غلط (ġalatm (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. mistake
  2. error

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