کھوتا

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*khotta, “donkey”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), of non-Indo-Aryan origin; possibly related to Sanskrit घोट (ghoṭa, “horse”) (whence گھوڑا (ghoṛā)).

کھوتا (khotā)

1. donkey
2. (slang) fool

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*khotta, “donkey”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), of non-Indo-Aryan origin; possibly related to Sanskrit घोट (ghoṭa, “horse”) (whence گھوڑا (ghoṛā)).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰoː.t̪ːäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: کھو‧تا

کھوتا • (khotā) m (feminine کھوتی, Gurmukhi spelling ਖੋਤਾ)

1. donkey
2. (slang) ass, idiot

   کھوتا نَہ ہوْوَیں تاں! ― khotā nah hovaiṉ tāṉ! ― you idiot! (literally, “if only you weren't a donkey!”)

• → Urdu: کھوتا (khotā)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھوتا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਖੋਤਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*khōtta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Punjabi کھوتا (khotā).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʰoː.t̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: کھو‧تا

کھوتا • (khotā) m

1. (colloquial) donkey

   Synonym: گَدھا (gadhā)

2. (slang) ass, idiot