خطا

Arabic

Root
خ ط و‎ (ḵ-ṭ-w)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.tˤaː/

Verb

خَطَا • (ḵaṭā) I, non-past يَخْطُو‎‎ (yaḵṭū)

to take a step forward, to step

Conjugation

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَطَأ‎ (ḵaṭaʔ). The final alif was interpreted as a long vowel, either as a spelling pronunciation or based on a non-classical Arabic pronunciation.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈtɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.t̪ʰɔ́]

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

Noun

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

error; fault; mistake

Descendants

→? Bengali: খাতা (khata) (possibly influenced semantically)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਖਤਾ (khatā)

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