كھٹ

खट khaṭ[prob. onomat.; cf. S. खटखटाय], s.f. Sound of knocking or rapping, etc.; knock, rap; (in comp.) noise, clatter, racket, row; wrangling, etc.:—khaṭ-paṭ, or khaṭ-ā-paṭī, s.f. Rattle, noise, sound, clatter (of a horse's hoofs, etc.), clang, clashing (of weapons); wrangling, squabbling, quarrelling, contention, strife, conflict:—khaṭ-paṭiyā, adj. & s.m. Noisy, rackety; contentious, quarrelsome;—a noisy fellow; a quarrelsome person, etc.:—khaṭ-paćrā, adj. & s.m. (f. -ī), Fomenting quarrels, mischief-making, mischievous, turbulent, seditious;—one who stirs up strife, mischief-maker, sedition-monger, etc. (syn. fitna-angez):—khaṭ-khaṭ, s.f. Repeated or continuous knocking or rapping; rat-tat;—noise, sound, clatter, hammering; wrangling, etc. (=khaṭ-paṭ):—khaṭ-khaṭās.m. Jar, discord, contention, wrangling;—trouble, difficulty; entanglement, complication; hitch; care, anxiety; troublesome business or affair, task, worldly affair; expedient, artifice, art, way, means (syn. bakherā);—a rattle (to frighten away birds, etc.):—khaṭ-khaṭkarnā, To knock, rap, rattle, make a clatter, etc. (=khaṭkhaṭānā):—khaṭ-khaṭiyā(-iyā= S. इकः; Prk. इयो), adj. & s.m. Noisy, rackety; restless, fidgety, uneasy; contentious, quarrelsome;—a noisy fellow; a wrangler, brawler, etc.