ਖ਼ਤ

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • ਖਤ (khat) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

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

Noun

ਖ਼ਤ • (xat) m

  1. letter
  2. (straight) line
  3. handwriting

Declension
Declension of ਖ਼ਤ
dir. sg. ਖ਼ਤ (xat)
dir. pl. ਖ਼ਤ (xat)
singular plural
direct ਖ਼ਤ (xat) ਖ਼ਤ (xat)
oblique ਖ਼ਤ (xat) ਖ਼ਤਾਂ (xatā̃)
vocative ਖ਼ਤਾ (xatā) ਖ਼ਤੋ (xato)
ablative ਖ਼ਤੋਂ (xatõ) —
locative ਖ਼ਤੇ (xate) ਖ਼ਤੀਂ (xatī̃)
instrumental ਖ਼ਤੇ (xate) ਖ਼ਤੀਂ (xatī̃)

References
  • “ਖਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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