کھیت

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram

Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra)

Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (khĕtta)

Urdu کھیت (khet)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (khĕtta), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- + *-trom.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʰeːt̪/
• Rhymes: -eːt̪

Noun

کھیت • (khet) m (Hindi spelling खेत)

1. farm, plantation
2. ploughland, cultivated land, farmland

Declension

Declension of کھیت

	singular	plural
direct	کھیت (khet)	کھیت (khet)
oblique	کھیت (khet)	کھیتوں (khetõ)
vocative	کھیت (khet)	کھیتو (kheto)

References

• “کھیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کھیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.