خاتمة

Arabic

Root
خ ت م (ḵ-t-m)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb خَتَمَ (ḵatama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaː.ti.ma/

Noun

خَاتِمَة • (ḵātima) f (plural خَاتِمَات (ḵātimāt) or خَوَاتِم (ḵawātim) or خَوَاتِيم (ḵawātīm))

  1. the last part of a thing
    Antonym: فَاتِحَة (fātiḥa)
  2. end, closure, termination, conclusion, outcome
    العِبْرَة بِالخَوَاتِيمal-ʕibra(t) bi-l-ḵawātīmMatters can only be judged by their conclusions
  3. epilogue, afterword
  4. (Islam) the last verse of a sura of the Quran
  5. (Islam) fate (the way someone's life ends)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xatimə
  • Persian: خاتمه
  • Ottoman Turkish: خاتمه
    • Turkish: hatime
  • Swahili: hatima
  • Uzbek: xotima
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