خطبہ

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See also: خطبة and خطبه

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُطْبَة (ḵuṭba) (through Classical Persian خطبه (xut̤ba)).

Pronunciation

Noun

خُطْبَہ (xutbam (formal plural خطبات, Hindi spelling ख़ुत्बा)

  1. (Islam) khutbah
  2. (religion) sermon
  3. (uncommon) discourse, speech
  4. (by extension) a lecture
  5. a preface of a book

Declension

    Declension of خطبہ
singular plural
direct خُطْبَہ (xut̤bah) خُطْبے (xut̤be)
oblique خُطْبے (xut̤be) خُطْبوں (xut̤bõ)
vocative خُطْبے (xut̤be) خُطْبو (xut̤bo)

Further reading

  • خطبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “خطبہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خطبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • خطبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.