# غلط
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.li.tˤa/

#### Verb

غَلِطَ • (ḡaliṭa) I (non-past يَغْلَطُ (yaḡlaṭu), verbal noun غَلَط (ḡalaṭ))
* to err
* to make a mistake

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.latˤ/
** (Moroccan) IPA: /ɣa.latˤ/

#### Noun

غَلَط • (ḡalaṭ) m (plural أَغْلَاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))
* verbal noun of غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) (form I)
* error, mistake

##### Descendants

* Maltese: għelt
* → Armenian: ղալաթ (ġalatʻ)
* → Azerbaijani: qələt
* → Chechen: гӏалат (ğalat)
* → Georgian: ღალატი (ɣalaṭi)
* → Indonesian: galat
* → Malay: ralat
** Indonesian: ralat
* → Ottoman Turkish: غلط (ġalaṭ)
** Turkish: galat
** → Middle Armenian: ղալաթ (ġalatʻ), ղալատ (ġalat)
*** Armenian: ղալաթ (ġalatʻ)
* → Persian: غلط (ğalat)
** → Bengali: গলদ (gôlôd), গলতি (gôlti)
** → Gujarati: ગલત (galat)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ग़लत (ġalat)
    Urdu: غلط (ġalat)
** → Pashto: غلط (ǧalát)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਲਤ (galat)
    Shahmukhi script: غلط (ġalat)
** → Uzbek: gʻalat
** → Uyghur: غەلەت (ghelet)
* → Swahili: ghalati
* → Tajik: ғалат (ġalat)

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Adjective

غَلَط • (ḡalaṭ)
* wrong, incorrect, mistaken

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.laˈt̪/

### Adjective

غلط • (ǧalat)
* wrong
    Synonym: ناسم (nâsëm)

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɣa.ˈlat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣä.lǽt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣä.lǽt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɣä.lǽt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɣä.lǽt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæ.lǽt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʁä.lǽt̪]

#### Adjective

غلط • (ğalat)
* wrong
* incorrect
* mistaken
* erroneous
* false

#### Noun

غلط • (ğalat) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalat-hâ))
* wrong
* mistake
* error

##### Related terms

* غلطی (ğalati)
* پر غلط
* غلط بودن (ğalat budan)

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: গলদ (gôlôd), গলতি (gôlti)
* → Gujarati: ગલત (galat)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ग़लत (ġalat)
    Urdu: غلط (ġalat)
* → Pashto: غلط (ǧalát)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਲਤ (galat)
    Shahmukhi script: غلط (ġalat)
* → Uzbek: gʻalat
* → Uyghur: غەلەت (ghelet)

### Etymology 2

Back-formation from غلطیدن (ğaltidan), غلتیدن (ğaltidan, “to roll”), if not vice versa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɣalt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣäl̪t̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣäl̪t̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɣäl̪t̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɣäl̪t̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæl̪t̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʁäl̪t̪]

#### Noun

غلط • (ğalt) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalt-hâ))
* rotation, roll

##### Derived terms

* غلطان (ğaltân), غلتان (ğaltân, “rolling, rotating”)
** غلطانیدن (ğaltânidan), غلتانیدن (ğaltânidan, “to roll”)
* غلطک (ğaltak), غلتک (ğaltak, “cylinder, roll”), غلتنگ (ğaltang, “cylinder, roll”)
* غلطبان (ğaltebân, “large cylinder to consolidate clay roofs”)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَلَط (ğalat), borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /ɣə.lət̪/, [ɣɐ.lət̪ᵊ], [ɡɐ.lət̪ᵊ]
* Hyphenation: غَ‧لَط

### Adjective

غَلَط • (ġalat̤) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਗ਼ਲਤ)
* wrong; incorrect
* mistaken
* untrue; false
* improper

### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “غلط”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “غلط”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
* “ਗਲਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣi.litˤ/, [ˈɣi.lɪtˤ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

غلط • (ḡiliṭ) I (present بغلط (biḡlaṭ))
* to make a mistake
    Synonym: أخطى (ʔaḵṭa)
* (+ على) to wrong, to offend, to insult
    ما تسمح لحدا مين ما كان يغلط عليك.mā tismaḥ la-ḥada mīn mā kān yiḡlaṭ ʕalēkDon't let anyone — whoever it may be — insult you.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.latˤ/, [ˈɣɑ.lɑtˤ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

غلط • (ḡalaṭ) m (plural أغلاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))
* mistake, error
    Synonym: غلطة (ḡalṭa)
* wrong, incorrect
    Antonyms: صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, adjective), صح (ṣaḥḥ, interjection)
    الجواب غلط. ― il-jawāb ḡalaṭ ― The answer is wrong.
    فهمتني غلط. ― fhemt-ni ḡalaṭ ― You misunderstood me.

##### Usage notes

* Although غلط (ḡalaṭ) is a noun, it's usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.

##### See also

* غلطان (ḡalṭān, “wrong, mistaken (of people)”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَلَط (ğalat), borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɣə.lət̪/
* Rhymes: -ət̪
* Hyphenation: غَ‧لَط

### Adjective

غَلَط • (ġalat) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़लत)
* wrong
* incorrect
* mistaken
* erroneous
* false

#### Derived terms

* غلط سمجھنا (ġalat samajhnā, “to misunderstand”)
* غلط فہمی (ġalat fahmī, “misunderstanding”)
* غلط کرنا (ġalat karnā, “to do wrong”)
* غلط ہونا (ġalat honā, “to be wrong”)
* غلطی (ġalatī, “mistake”)