خطیہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خطیه (xatīya), from Arabic خَطِيئَة (ḵaṭīʔa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.t̪ɪj.jɑ(ː)/

Noun

خَطِیَہ • (xatiya) f (formal plural خَطِیات (xatiyāt), Hindi spelling ख़तिया)

1. sin

   Synonym: گناہ (gunāh)

Further reading

• “خطیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خطیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خطیہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.