ख़ब्ती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خبطی (xabtī). By surface analysis, ख़ब्त (xabt) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xəb.t̪iː/, [xɐb.t̪iː], /kʰəb.t̪iː/, [kʰɐb.t̪iː]

Noun

ख़ब्ती • (xabtī) m (Urdu spelling خبطی)

1. being obsessed or whimsical; eccentric

   Synonym: झक्की (jhakkī)

2. mad, crazy, insane

Declension

Declension of ख़ब्ती (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ब्ती xabtī	ख़ब्ती xabtī
oblique	ख़ब्ती xabtī	ख़ब्तियों xabtiyõ
vocative	ख़ब्ती xabtī	ख़ब्तियो xabtiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khabti”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खब्ती”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha