خطہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خِطَّه (xitta, “territory; ground; country”), from Arabic خِطَّة (ḵiṭṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɪt̪.t̪ɑ(ː)/

Noun

خِطَّہ • (xitta) m (Hindi spelling ख़ित्ता)

1. piece of land; plot of land
2. domain; territory
3. country
4. region, area
5. zone; district

Declension

Declension of خطہ
	singular	plural
direct	خِطَّہ (xittah)	خِطَّے (xitte)
oblique	خِطَّے (xitte)	خِطَّوں (xittõ)
vocative	خِطَّے (xitte)	خِطَّو (xitto)

Derived terms

• خِطَّۂ پاک (xitta-e-pāk, “sacred-country; Pakistan”)
• خِطَّۂ خاک (xitta-e-xāk, “piece of land”)
• خِطَّۂ جَنَّت (xitta-e-jannat, “piece of Heaven”)
• خِطَّۂ مُحَوّطَہ (xitta-e-muhauvvata, “border”)

References

• “خطہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خطہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.