ख़िताब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɪ.t̪ɑːb/, [xɪ.t̪äːb], /kʰɪ.t̪ɑːb/, [kʰɪ.t̪äːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

ख़िताब • (xitāb) m (Urdu spelling خطاب)

1. rank, title

   Synonym: उपाधि (upādhi)

Declension

Declension of ख़िताब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़िताब xitāb	ख़िताब xitāb
oblique	ख़िताब xitāb	ख़िताबों xitābõ
vocative	ख़िताब xitāb	ख़िताबो xitābo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़िताब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 236