खेत

See also: खत and ख़त

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram

Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra)

Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (khĕtta)

Hindi खेत

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰeːt̪/

Noun

खेत • (khet) m (Urdu spelling کھیت)

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

Declension

Declension of खेत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खेत khet	खेत khet
oblique	खेत khet	खेतों khetõ
vocative	खेत khet	खेतो kheto

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खेत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press