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)

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