खटारा

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.ʈɑː.ɾɑː/, [kʰɐ.ʈäː.ɾäː]

खटारा • (khaṭārā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کھٹارا)

1. (informal, mildly derogatory) working flakily; barely functioning; decrepit; wrecky; rickety; ramshackle; useless

   Synonym: बेकार (bekār)

खटारा • (khaṭārā) m or f (Urdu spelling کھٹارا)

1. (perhaps dated) loading cart

   Synonyms: ठेला (ṭhelā), छकड़ा (chakṛā)

   • 2021 December, सुधीर कुमार माथुर [sudhīr kumār māthur], transl., अलविदा गुलसारी! [alvidā gulsārī!, Farewell, Gulsary!], कामगार प्रकाशन, translation of Прощай, Гульсары [Proščaj, Gulʹsary] by Chinghiz Aitmatov, →ISBN, page 201:

     घुड़दौड़ के घोड़े को बूढ़ा होने पर अब जीर्ण-शीर्ण साज़ में एक खटारा खींचना पड़ रहा था […]

     ghuṛdauṛ ke ghoṛe ko būṛhā hone par ab jīrṇ-śīrṇ sāz mẽ ek khaṭārā khī̃cnā paṛ rahā thā […]

     The racehorse, having grown old, now had to pull a cart in a worn-out harness […]

2. (informal, mildly derogatory) an old, worn-out, unreliable vehicle, machine, or gadget; a creaky or clattery vehicle or machine; beater; junker; jalopy; crate; wreck; hunk of junk; rustbucket

   Synonym: (vehicle) छकड़ा (chakṛā)

   • 1993 March, नीलम कुलश्रेष्ठ [nīlam kulaśreṣṭh], “अजनबी शहरों में सामंजस्य ऐसे करें”, in सरिता [saritā], Delhi Press, page 101:

     उत्तर प्रदेश का एक परिवार गुजरात में आ बसा. एक पड़ोसी उन के पास आ कर बोला, “अपनी कार हटा लीजिए, पीछे खटारा है.”
     वह सज्जन झुंझला गए क्योंकि उन की कार पुरानी थी. वह समझे उन की कार को खटारा कहा जा रहा है.
     […]
     बड़ी बहस के बाद उन्हें पता लगा कि यहां ट्रक को खटारा कहते हैं.

     uttar pradeś kā ek parivār gujrāt mẽ ā basā. ek paṛosī un ke pās ā kar bolā, “apnī kār haṭā lījie, pīche khaṭārā hai.”
     vah sajjan jhuñjhlā gae kyõki un kī kār purānī thī. vah samjhe un kī kār ko khaṭārā kahā jā rahā hai.
     […]
     baṛī bahas ke bād unhẽ patā lagā ki yahā̃ ṭrak ko khaṭārā kahte ha͠i.

     A family from Uttar Pradesh settled in Gujarat. A neighbor came to them and said, “Please move your car, there is a khaṭārā behind.”
     The gentleman got peeved, since his car was old. He thought his car was being called a junker.
     […]
     After a long argument, he learned that trucks are called khaṭārā (Gujarati ખટારો (khaṭāro)) here.

• “खटारा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.