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Hindi
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
खट • (khaṭ) f
- knock, rap
खट की आवाज़ कहाँ से आ रही है?- khaṭ kī āvāz kahā̃ se ā rahī hai?
- Where is the knocking sound coming from?
- खट से ― khaṭ se ― suddenly
Declension
Declension of खट (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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खट
khaṭ
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खटें
khaṭẽ
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| oblique
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खट
khaṭ
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खटों
khaṭõ
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| vocative
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खट
khaṭ
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खटो
khaṭo
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Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “खट”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “खट”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- খট (Assamese script)
- ᬔᬝ (Balinese script)
- খট (Bengali script)
- 𑰏𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- ခဋ (Burmese script)
- ખટ (Gujarati script)
- ਖਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌖𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦑꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂎𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಖಟ (Kannada script)
- ខដ (Khmer script)
- ຂຏ (Lao script)
- ഖട (Malayalam script)
- ᡘᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘏𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦯𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଖଟ (Odia script)
- ꢓꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏𑖘 (Siddham script)
- ඛට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩝𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚋𑚔 (Takri script)
- க²ட (Tamil script)
- ఖట (Telugu script)
- ขฏ (Thai script)
- ཁ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨌𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Perhaps borrowed from Dravidian; compare Kannada ಕಡಿ (kaḍi, “to cut, bite, break”).
Noun
खट • (khaṭa) stem, m
- an axe, hatchet, chisel
- a kind of blow (‘the closed or doubled fist, as for striking’)
- a blind well
Declension
Etymology 2
See खेटित (kheṭita, “ploughed”).
Noun
खट • (khaṭa) stem, m
- a plough, plow
Etymology 3
Related to कट (kaṭa, “grass”); see there for more.
Noun
खट • (khaṭa) stem, m
- grass (used to thatch houses)
- a fragrant kind of grass
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “खट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 135
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297