ख़ता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ), from خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, “to sin, err”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xə.t̪ɑː/, [xɐ.t̪äː], /kʰə.t̪ɑː/, [kʰɐ.t̪äː]

Noun

ख़ता • (xatā) f (Urdu spelling خطا)

mistake, fault; sin
Synonyms: अपराध (aprādh), क़सूर (qasūr), ग़लती (ġaltī)

Declension

Declension of *ख़ता* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ता xatā	ख़ताएँ xatāẽ
oblique	ख़ता xatā	ख़ताओं xatāõ
vocative	ख़ता xatā	ख़ताओ xatāo

Derived terms

ख़ता करना (xatā karnā)

References

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