ख़िताबी

Hindi

Etymology

From ख़िताब (xitāb) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɪ.t̪ɑː.biː/, [xɪ.t̪äː.biː], /kʰɪ.t̪ɑː.biː/, [kʰɪ.t̪äː.biː]

Adjective

ख़िताबी • (xitābī) (indeclinable)

1. title, final, deciding

   ख़िताबी मुकाबला ― xitābī mukāblā ― deciding match, title match

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़िताबी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press