خياط

Occupational noun from the root خ ي ط (ḵ-y-ṭ).

• IPA^(key): /xaj.jaːtˤ/

خَيَّاط • (ḵayyāṭ) m (plural خَيَّاطُون (ḵayyāṭūn), feminine خَيَّاطَة (ḵayyāṭa))

1. tailor, seamster

خِيَاط • (ḵiyāṭ) m

1. sewing needle
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:40:

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ

     ʔinna llaḏīna kaḏḏabū bi-ʔāyātinā wa-stakbarū ʕanhā lā tufattaḥu lahum ʔabwābu s-samāʔi wa-lā yadḵulūna l-jannata ḥattā yalija l-jamalu fī sammi l-ḵiyāṭi

     Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them: the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle.

From Arabic خَيَّاط (ḵayyāṭ).

• IPA^(key): /xij.jaːtˤ/

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خياط • (ḵiyyāṭ) m (plural خياطة (ḵiyyāṭa), feminine خياطة (ḵiyyāṭa))

1. tailor, seamster