Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خطاء (hataen, by mistake), from Arabic خَطَأً (ḵaṭaʔan), adverbial accusative of خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ, mistake). By surface analysis, hata (mistake) +‎ -en. Compare Azerbaijani xətaən.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ha‧ta‧en

Adverb edit

hataen

  1. by mistake