خط

Meaning

Verb

1. to draw a line
2. to draw
3. to write
4. to carve, inscribe
5. to outline, mark

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa) (form I)
2. line
3. stroke
4. stripe
5. ridge
6. handwriting
7. calligraphy
8. script

Concepts

line

handwriting

calligraphy

draw

script

district

engrave

exceed

font

hand

✋

incise

inscribe

longhand

manuscript

outline

path

🛣️

pencil

📝

penmanship

plan

project

sew

step

stitch

straight line

walk

🚶

writing

stroke

support line

become gray

advance

make gray-haired

autograph

cross

curve

demarcation

Synonyms

رسم

فن الخط

قسم

مسار

ولاية

كتابة

سطر

✍️

لواء

دائرة

خطّ الي

علم الخط

مخطوطة

خط يد

Translations

línea

caligrafía

Schrift

handschrift

écriture

linea

γράψιμο

καλλιγραφία

cal·ligrafia

γραφή

Strich

Linie

Handschrift

ligne

γραμμή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xatˤ.tˤa/

Etymology

Cognate to Nabataean Aramaic 𐢊𐢋𐢋 (“to pull out; to engrave”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲטַט (ḥăṭaṭ, “to dig out, to hollow out, to excavate”), Classical Syriac ܚܰܛ (ḥaṭṭ, “to dig out; to excavate; to carve”), Akkadian 𒄩𒁕𒂅 (ḫa-ṭa-ṭu /⁠ḫaṭāṭu⁠/, “to dig out; to dredge; to make an incision”).