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ḵẖat̤ā(v.n. fr. خطأ 'to do wrong,' etc.), s.f. A wrong action, fault; a mistake, an error; an unintentional fault or offence, a slip, an oversight; failure; miss (as of an arrow, etc.):—ḵẖat̤ā-baḵẖsh, s.m. A forgiver of faults or errors, etc.:—ḵẖat̤ākarnā, To commit a fault, to err, to blunder, to be wrong or at fault; to miss, to fail (of):—ḵẖat̤ā-wār, adj. Faulty; guilty:—ḵẖat̤āhonāor ho-jānā, v.n. An error to be committed (by, -se);—to fail, be deficient;—to pass involuntarily (as urine, etc.). P or A خطا ḵẖat̤ā, prop. n. The country of Scythia beyond Imaus, Northern China (the Cathay of Marco Polo and other travellers).
Origin: Arabic