خاتمة

Arabic

Root
خ ت م (ḵ-t-m)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb خَتَمَ (ḵatama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.ti.ma/

Noun

خَاتِمَة • (ḵātima) f (plural خَاتِمَات (ḵātimāt) or خَوَاتِم (ḵawātim) or خَوَاتِيم (ḵawātīm))

1. the last part of a thing

   Antonym: فَاتِحَة (fātiḥa)

2. end, closure, termination, conclusion, outcome

   العِبْرَة بِالخَوَاتِيم ― al-ʕibra(t) bi-l-ḵawātīm ― Matters can only be judged by their conclusions

3. epilogue, afterword
4. (Islam) the last verse of a sura of the Quran
5. (Islam) fate (the way someone's life ends)

Declension

Declension of noun خَاتِمَة (ḵātima)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاتِمَة ḵātima	الْخَاتِمَة al-ḵātima	خَاتِمَة ḵātimat
Nominative	خَاتِمَةٌ ḵātimatun	الْخَاتِمَةُ al-ḵātimatu	خَاتِمَةُ ḵātimatu
Accusative	خَاتِمَةً ḵātimatan	الْخَاتِمَةَ al-ḵātimata	خَاتِمَةَ ḵātimata
Genitive	خَاتِمَةٍ ḵātimatin	الْخَاتِمَةِ al-ḵātimati	خَاتِمَةِ ḵātimati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاتِمَتَيْن ḵātimatayn	الْخَاتِمَتَيْن al-ḵātimatayn	خَاتِمَتَيْ ḵātimatay
Nominative	خَاتِمَتَانِ ḵātimatāni	الْخَاتِمَتَانِ al-ḵātimatāni	خَاتِمَتَا ḵātimatā
Accusative	خَاتِمَتَيْنِ ḵātimatayni	الْخَاتِمَتَيْنِ al-ḵātimatayni	خَاتِمَتَيْ ḵātimatay
Genitive	خَاتِمَتَيْنِ ḵātimatayni	الْخَاتِمَتَيْنِ al-ḵātimatayni	خَاتِمَتَيْ ḵātimatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاتِمَات‎; خَوَاتِم‎; خَوَاتِيم ḵātimāt‎; ḵawātim‎; ḵawātīm	الْخَاتِمَات‎; الْخَوَاتِم‎; الْخَوَاتِيم al-ḵātimāt‎; al-ḵawātim‎; al-ḵawātīm	خَاتِمَات‎; خَوَاتِم‎; خَوَاتِيم ḵātimāt‎; ḵawātim‎; ḵawātīm
Nominative	خَاتِمَاتٌ‎; خَوَاتِمُ‎; خَوَاتِيمُ ḵātimātun‎; ḵawātimu‎; ḵawātīmu	الْخَاتِمَاتُ‎; الْخَوَاتِمُ‎; الْخَوَاتِيمُ al-ḵātimātu‎; al-ḵawātimu‎; al-ḵawātīmu	خَاتِمَاتُ‎; خَوَاتِمُ‎; خَوَاتِيمُ ḵātimātu‎; ḵawātimu‎; ḵawātīmu
Accusative	خَاتِمَاتٍ‎; خَوَاتِمَ‎; خَوَاتِيمَ ḵātimātin‎; ḵawātima‎; ḵawātīma	الْخَاتِمَاتِ‎; الْخَوَاتِمَ‎; الْخَوَاتِيمَ al-ḵātimāti‎; al-ḵawātima‎; al-ḵawātīma	خَاتِمَاتِ‎; خَوَاتِمَ‎; خَوَاتِيمَ ḵātimāti‎; ḵawātima‎; ḵawātīma
Genitive	خَاتِمَاتٍ‎; خَوَاتِمَ‎; خَوَاتِيمَ ḵātimātin‎; ḵawātima‎; ḵawātīma	الْخَاتِمَاتِ‎; الْخَوَاتِمِ‎; الْخَوَاتِيمِ al-ḵātimāti‎; al-ḵawātimi‎; al-ḵawātīmi	خَاتِمَاتِ‎; خَوَاتِمِ‎; خَوَاتِيمِ ḵātimāti‎; ḵawātimi‎; ḵawātīmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xatimə
• → Persian: خاتمه
  • → Urdu: خاتمہ
• → Ottoman Turkish: خاتمه
  • → Turkish: hatime
• → Swahili: hatima
• → Uzbek: xotima