# خط
## Arabic
### Etymology

From the root خ ط ط (ḵ ṭ ṭ). Cognate to Nabataean Aramaic 𐢊𐢋𐢋 (“to pull out; to engrave”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲטַט (ḥăṭaṭ, “to dig out, to hollow out, to excavate”), Classical Syriac ܚܰܛ (ḥaṭṭ, “to dig out; to excavate; to carve”), Akkadian 𒄩𒁕𒂅 (ḫa-ṭa-ṭu /⁠ḫaṭāṭu⁠/, “to dig out; to dredge; to make an incision”).

### Pronunciation

* Verb: IPA: /xatˤ.tˤa/
* Noun: IPA: /xatˤtˤ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

خَطَّ • (ḵaṭṭa) I (non-past يَخُطُّ (yaḵuṭṭu), verbal noun خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ))
* to draw a line
* to draw
* to write
* to carve, inscribe
* to outline, mark

#### Conjugation
### Noun

خَطّ • (ḵaṭṭ) m (plural خُطُوط (ḵuṭūṭ))
* verbal noun of خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa) (form I)
* (writing, railroad, telephony, supply) line
** 2017 October 1, “تسرب خطوط الغاز بقرية "ترسا" فى الفيوم.. وقطع الخدمة لحين إصلاح العطل”, in Bawwāba Aḵbār Maṣr‎, archived from the original on 13 November 2017:وبالانتقال والفحص تبين تسرب غاز من المواسير الأرضية بخط الغاز الرئيسى المغذى للقرية.And through the passthrough and the inspection it came to light the leakage of gas from the earth pipes through the main gas supply line of the village.
* stroke
* stripe
* ridge
* handwriting
* calligraphy
* script

#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: خط (ḵaṭ(ṭ))
* Maltese: ħatt
* → Azerbaijani: xətt
* → Bashkir: хат (xat)
* → Northern Kurdish: xet
* → Ottoman Turkish: خط (hat)
** → Turkish: hat
** → Laz: ჰათთი (hatti)
* → Persian: خط (xatt)
** → Malayalam: കത്ത് (kattŭ)
** → Marwari: खत (khat)
** → Punjabi: (xat)
*** Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਤ
*** Shahmukhi script: خط
** → Hindustani:
*** → Hindi: ख़त (xat)
*** → Urdu: خط (xat)
**** → Phalura: xat
* → Turkmen: hat
* → Uzbek: xat

### References

* Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “خط”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “خط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “خط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1960) “خط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χətˤː/

### Noun

خَط • (ḵaṭṭ) m (plural خْطوط (ḵṭūṭ))
* line
* queue, line (usually to refer to a line in a queue with multiple lines)
    Synonym: طابور (ṭābūr)
    لا تعدي الخط ― lā tʕaddi l-ḵaṭṭ ― Don't skip the line
* handwriting
    خطچ حلو ― ḵaṭṭič ḥilu ― Your handwriting is pretty
* calligraphy
* script
    خط الرقعة ― ḵaṭṭ ir-ruqʕa ― Ruqʿa script
* (typography, computing) font
    خط مفتوح المصدر ― ḵaṭ maftūḥ il-maṣdar ― An open-source font
* SIM card, (by extension) phone number
    اول ما توصول الكويت اشترلك خط يديدawwal mā tōṣaḷ li-kwēt ištar-lik ḵaṭṭ yidīdBuy yourself a new SIM card/phone number once you arrive in Kuwait
* (euphemistic, humorous) buttocks

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ).

### Noun

خط • (hat) (plural خطوط (hutut))
* line (symbol)
* (military) line
** 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 341:یونانلیلر، ۲۲ حزیران ٣٣٦ده (میلن) خطندن عمومی تعرضه كچدیلر.Yunanlılar, 22 haziran 336'da Milne hattından umumî ta'arruza geçtiler.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* line (railroad track)

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: hat
* → Laz: ჰათთი (hatti)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xatt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xät̪(ː)]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xät̪(ː)]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xät̪(ː)]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xät̪(ː)]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xæt̪(ː)]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χät̪(ː)]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

خط • (xatt) (plural خطوط (xotut) or خط‌ها (xatt-hâ))
* line
    خط مستقیم ― xatt-e mostaqim ― straight line
    خط منحنی ― xatt-e monhani ― curved line
* streak, stripe
* handwriting, writing
* script; writing system
    خط چینی ― xatt-e čini ― Chinese characters
** c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Reign of Khusraw Nōshēnrawān”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:نبشت او بران نامهٔ خسروی نبود آن زمان خط جز پهلویnibišt ō bar-ān nāma-yi xusrawī na-būd ān zamān xatt juz pahlawīHe wrote an imperial book on it; In those times, there was no script except for Pahlavi.(Classical Persian romanization)
* written character; letter
* (poetic) down or fresh facial hair on an adolescent face (a mark of beauty)
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 112:چو خط که از لب لعلت دمد رقم نتوان کرد اگر شوند چو یاقوت قدسیان همه کاتبčū xatt ki az lab-i la'lat damad raqam natawān kard agar šawand čū yāqūt-i qudsiyān hama kātibWhen the hair blooms from your ruby lips, it cannot be written down Even were all the scribes to become like the Yāqūt of the angels.(Classical Persian transliteration)
** c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎:چشم تو و خط و خالت ای بت رعنا برده زمن عقل و صبر و هوش به یغماčašm-e to o xatt o xâl-at ey bot-e ra'nâ borde zaman-e aql o sabr o huš be yağmâYour eye and your down and your beauty-mark, o beautiful idol, Has carried off as plunder the time for reason and patience and wisdom.

#### Related terms

* خط زدن (xatt zadan)
* خط فقر (xatt-e faqr)
* خط فنیقی (xatt-e feniqi)
* خط میخی (xatt-e mixi)
* خط میزان (xatt-e mizân)
* خط پهلوی (xatt-e pahlavi)
* خط کرسی (xatt-e korsi)
* خطی (xatti)
* خط‌شناس (xatt-šenâs)
* خط‌کش (xattkeš)
* دستخط (dastxatt)

#### Descendants

* → Malayalam: കത്ത് (kattŭ)
* → Marwari: खत (khat)
* → Punjabi: (xat)
** Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਤ
** Shahmukhi script: خط
* → Hindustani:
** → Hindi: ख़त (xat)
** → Urdu: خط (xat)
*** → Phalura: xat

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خط (xat), from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xət̪/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ət̪

### Noun

خط • (xat) m (Hindi spelling ख़त)
* letter
* correspondence

#### Synonyms

* چٹھی