खट्वा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খট্বা (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬝ᭄ᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
• খট্বা (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰘𑰿𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ခဋွာ (Burmese script)
• ખટ્વા (Gujarati script)
• ਖਟ੍ਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌟𑍍𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦛ꧀ꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂗𑂹𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಖಟ್ವಾ (Kannada script)
• ខដ្វា (Khmer script)
• ຂຏ຺ວາ (Lao script)
• ഖട്വാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᢞᠣᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘘𑘿𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᢌᢦ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑦸𑧠𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐚𑑂𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଖଟ୍ଵା (Odia script)
• ꢓꢜ꣄ꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆛𑇀𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖘𑖿𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඛට‍්වා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩦 𑪙𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚔𑚶𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
• க²ட்வா (Tamil script)
• ఖట్వా (Telugu script)
• ขฏฺวา (Thai script)
• ཁ་ཊྭཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒙𑓂𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨔𑩇𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Malayalam കട്ടിൽ (kaṭṭil, “cot”), Tamil கட்டில் (kaṭṭil).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐʈ.ʋɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐʈ.ʋɑː/

Noun

खट्वा • (khaṭvā) stem, f

1. a bedstead, couch, cot
2. a swing, hammock
3. a kind of bandage

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of खट्वा (khaṭvā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खट्वा khaṭvā	खट्वे khaṭve	खट्वाः khaṭvāḥ
Vocative	खट्वे khaṭve	खट्वे khaṭve	खट्वाः khaṭvāḥ
Accusative	खट्वाम् khaṭvām	खट्वे khaṭve	खट्वाः khaṭvāḥ
Instrumental	खट्वया / खट्वा¹ khaṭvayā / khaṭvā¹	खट्वाभ्याम् khaṭvābhyām	खट्वाभिः khaṭvābhiḥ
Dative	खट्वायै khaṭvāyai	खट्वाभ्याम् khaṭvābhyām	खट्वाभ्यः khaṭvābhyaḥ
Ablative	खट्वायाः / खट्वायै² khaṭvāyāḥ / khaṭvāyai²	खट्वाभ्याम् khaṭvābhyām	खट्वाभ्यः khaṭvābhyaḥ
Genitive	खट्वायाः / खट्वायै² khaṭvāyāḥ / khaṭvāyai²	खट्वयोः khaṭvayoḥ	खट्वानाम् khaṭvānām
Locative	खट्वायाम् khaṭvāyām	खट्वयोः khaṭvayoḥ	खट्वासु khaṭvāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Bengali: খাট (khaṭ)
• Hindi: खाट (khāṭ)
• Marathi: खाट (khāṭ)
• → Malayalam: ഖട്വ (khaṭva)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खट्वा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 298