# خطا
## Arabic

* Root
* خ ط و (ḵ ṭ w)
* 3 terms

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xa.tˤaː/

#### Verb

خَطَا • (ḵaṭā) I (non-past يَخْطُو (yaḵṭū), verbal noun خَطْو (ḵaṭw))
* to take a step forward, to step

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

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

##### Derived terms

* بِلَاد الْخَطَا (bilād al-ḵaṭā)

##### Descendants

* → Persian: خَطا (xatâ)
* → Ottoman Turkish: خَطا (Hatâ)
** Turkish: Hatâ
* → Punjabi: خَطا (xat̤ā)
* → Urdu: خَطا (xatā)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

#### Noun

خطا • (hatâ)
* a miss in shooting or throwing
* a mistake, a blunder
* a wrong action, an offense, sin, iniquity, crime

##### Descendants

* Turkish: hata

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 854

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَّاء (ḵaṭṭāʔ).

#### Adjective

خطا • (hattâ)
* who misses, or blunders, much

#### Noun

خطا • (hattâ)
* a blunderer

#### Descendants

* Turkish: hatta

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 854

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

#### Alternative forms

* خطای (Hatây)

#### Proper noun

خطا • (Hatâ)
* Cathay, northern China

##### Derived terms

* خطایی (Hatâyî)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: Hata

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 854

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xa.ˈtɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xä.t̪ʰɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xæ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χä.t̪ʰɔ́]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ).

#### Noun

| Dari | خطا |
| Iranian Persian | خطا |
| Tajik | хато |
خطا • (xatâ) (plural خطاها (xatâ-hâ))
* error; fault; mistake

##### Descendants

* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ता (xatā)
    Urdu: خَطا (xatā)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਖਤਾ (khatā)
    Shahmukhi script: خطا (xat̤ā)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَطَا (ḵaṭā).

#### Alternative forms

* خطای (xatây)

#### Proper noun

| Dari | خطا |
| Iranian Persian | خطا |
| Tajik | Хато |
خطا • (xatâ)
* Cathay, northern China

##### Derived terms

* خطایی (xatâyi)

#### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خطا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xə.t̪ɑː/
* Rhymes: -ɑː

#### Noun

خَطا • (xatā) f (Hindi spelling ख़ता)
* a mistake; error; fault
    Synonym: غَلْطی (ġaltī)
* sin, crime
    Synonym: گُناہ (gunāh)
* oversight, slip
* a miss (of a target etc.)
* incorrect, wrong
    Synonym: غَلَط (ġalat)
* (mathematics, logic) counterexample
* (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* 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

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xə.t̪ɑː/
* Rhymes: -ɑː

#### Proper noun

خَطا • (xatā) ? (Hindi spelling ख़ता)
* Cathay, northern China

##### Descendants

* خَطائی (xatāī)

#### Further reading

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