ख़ातिर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاطر (xātir), from Arabic خاطِر (ḵāṭir).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.t̪ɪɾ/, [xäː.t̪ɪɾ], /kʰɑː.t̪ɪɾ/, [kʰäː.t̪ɪɾ]

Noun

ख़ातिर • (xātir) f (Urdu spelling خاطر)

1. consideration, respect
2. attention to; hospitality

Declension

Declension of ख़ातिर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ातिर xātir	ख़ातिरें xātirẽ
oblique	ख़ातिर xātir	ख़ातिरों xātirõ
vocative	ख़ातिर xātir	ख़ातिरो xātiro

Derived terms

• की ख़ातिर (kī xātir)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खा़तिर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 234