خطا

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Arabic

Root
خ ط و (ḵ ṭ w)
3 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

خَطَا • (ḵaṭā) I (non-past يَخْطُو (yaḵṭū), verbal noun خَطْو (ḵaṭw))

  1. to take a step forward, to step
Conjugation
    Conjugation of خَطَا (I, final-weak, a ~ u, no passive, verbal noun خَطْو)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		خَطْو
ḵaṭw
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		خَاطٍ
ḵāṭin
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m خَطَوْتُ
ḵaṭawtu 		خَطَوْتَ
ḵaṭawta 		خَطَا
ḵaṭā 		خَطَوْتُمَا
ḵaṭawtumā 		خَطَوَا
ḵaṭawā 		خَطَوْنَا
ḵaṭawnā 		خَطَوْتُمْ
ḵaṭawtum 		خَطَوْا
ḵaṭaw
f خَطَوْتِ
ḵaṭawti 		خَطَتْ
ḵaṭat 		خَطَتَا
ḵaṭatā 		خَطَوْتُنَّ
ḵaṭawtunna 		خَطَوْنَ
ḵaṭawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَخْطُو
ʔaḵṭū 		تَخْطُو
taḵṭū 		يَخْطُو
yaḵṭū 		تَخْطُوَانِ
taḵṭuwāni 		يَخْطُوَانِ
yaḵṭuwāni 		نَخْطُو
naḵṭū 		تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna 		يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
f تَخْطِينَ
taḵṭīna 		تَخْطُو
taḵṭū 		تَخْطُوَانِ
taḵṭuwāni 		تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna 		يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَخْطُوَ
ʔaḵṭuwa 		تَخْطُوَ
taḵṭuwa 		يَخْطُوَ
yaḵṭuwa 		تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā 		يَخْطُوَا
yaḵṭuwā 		نَخْطُوَ
naḵṭuwa 		تَخْطُوا
taḵṭū 		يَخْطُوا
yaḵṭū
f تَخْطِي
taḵṭī 		تَخْطُوَ
taḵṭuwa 		تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā 		تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna 		يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَخْطُ
ʔaḵṭu 		تَخْطُ
taḵṭu 		يَخْطُ
yaḵṭu 		تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā 		يَخْطُوَا
yaḵṭuwā 		نَخْطُ
naḵṭu 		تَخْطُوا
taḵṭū 		يَخْطُوا
yaḵṭū
f تَخْطِي
taḵṭī 		تَخْطُ
taḵṭu 		تَخْطُوَا
taḵṭuwā 		تَخْطُونَ
taḵṭūna 		يَخْطُونَ
yaḵṭūna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m اُخْطُ
uḵṭu 		اُخْطُوَا
uḵṭuwā 		اُخْطُوا
uḵṭū
f اُخْطِي
uḵṭī 		اُخْطُونَ
uḵṭūna

Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    خَطَا • (ḵaṭā) f or m pl (collective, singulative خَطَائِيّ m (ḵaṭāʔiyy))

    1. Khitans
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Persian: خَطا (xatâ)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: خَطا (Hatâ)
    • → Punjabi: خَطا (xat̤ā)
    • → Urdu: خَطا (xatā)

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

    Noun

    خطا • (hatâ)

    1. a miss in shooting or throwing
    2. a mistake, a blunder
    3. a wrong action, an offense, sin, iniquity, crime
    Descendants

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَّاء (ḵaṭṭāʔ).

    Adjective

    خطا • (hattâ)

    1. who misses, or blunders, much

    Noun

    خطا • (hattâ)

    1. a blunderer

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

    Alternative forms

    Proper noun

    خطا • (Hatâ)

    1. Cathay, northern China
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Further reading

    Persian

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? xatā
    Dari reading? xatā
    Iranian reading? xatâ
    Tajik reading? xato

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

    Noun

    Dari خطا
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik хато

    خطا • (xatâ) (plural خطاها (xatâ-hâ))

    1. error; fault; mistake
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

    Alternative forms

    Proper noun

    Dari خطا
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik Хато

    خطا • (xatâ)

    1. Cathay, northern China
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Classical Persian خَطَا (xatā), from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ). First attested in c. 1578 Middle Hindi خطا (xatā).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    خَطا • (xatā) f (Hindi spelling ख़ता)

    1. a mistake; error; fault
      Synonym: غَلْطی (ġaltī)
    2. sin, crime
      Synonym: گُناہ (gunāh)
    3. oversight, slip
    4. a miss (of a target etc.)
    5. incorrect, wrong
      Synonym: غَلَط (ġalat)
    6. (mathematics, logic) counterexample
    7. (geology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Declension
        Declension of خطا
    singular plural
    direct خَطا (xatā) خَطائیں (xatāẽ)
    oblique خَطا (xatā) خَطاؤں (xatāõ)
    vocative خَطا (xatā) خَطاؤ (xatāo)

    Further reading

    • “خطا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • “خطا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خطا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “خطا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “خطا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    • John Shakespear (1834) “خطا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    خَطا • (xatā) ? (Hindi spelling ख़ता)

    1. Cathay, northern China
    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Platts, John T. (1884) “خطا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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