كھوٹ

खोट khoṭ[prob. S. कूटंor कोटः], s.f. & m. Falsehood, deceit, fraud; unfaithfulness, insincerity; vice, evil, wickedness; evil propensity or disposition; fault, defect, blemish, flaw; blunder, mistake, false step;—adulteration, alloy;—loss (in trade or dealing); injury, hurt, harm, mischief:—khoṭkarnā, To make a mistake, to blunder; to commit a fault; to practise fraud or deceit, etc.;—to do harm (to, -kāor -kī), to injure, cause loss (to):—khoṭmilānā(-meṅ), To mix base metal (with), to adulterate:—khoṭnikālnā(-meṅ), To detect faults (in); to find fault (with).