ਖ਼ਤ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • ਖਤ (khat) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa)
    Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ)bor.
    Classical Persian خَطّ (xatt)bor.
    Punjabi ਖ਼ਤ (xat)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian خَطّ (xatt), borrowed from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ), from خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa).

    Noun

    ਖ਼ਤ • (xat) m

    1. letter
    2. (straight) line
    3. handwriting

    Declension

    Declension of ਖ਼ਤ
    singular plural
    direct ਖ਼ਤ (xat) ਖ਼ਤ (xat)
    oblique ਖ਼ਤ (xat) ਖ਼ਤਾਂ (xatā̃)
    vocative ਖ਼ਤਾ (xatā) ਖ਼ਤੋ (xato)
    ablative ਖ਼ਤੋਂ (xatõ) —
    locative ਖ਼ਤੇ (xate) ਖ਼ਤੀਂ (xatī̃)
    instrumental ਖ਼ਤੇ (xate) ਖ਼ਤੀਂ (xatī̃)

    References

    • “ਖਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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