ख़ुराफ़ात

Hindi

Etymology

From the plural of Arabic خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʊ.ɾɑː.fɑːt̪/, [xʊ.ɾäː.fäːt̪], /kʰʊ.ɾɑː.pʰɑːt̪/, [kʰʊ.ɾäː.pʰäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

ख़ुराफ़ात • (xurāfāt) f (Urdu spelling خرافات)

1. outrage, uproar
2. gossip, hearsay; nonsense, incendiary language; something that causes an uproar

Declension

Declension of ख़ुराफ़ात (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ुराफ़ात xurāfāt	ख़ुराफ़ातें xurāfātẽ
oblique	ख़ुराफ़ात xurāfāt	ख़ुराफ़ातों xurāfātõ
vocative	ख़ुराफ़ात xurāfāt	ख़ुराफ़ातो xurāfāto

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khurafat”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुराफात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha