ख़ातिर

See also: खातर and खात्री

Hindi

Alternative forms

खातिर (khātir) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xātir), from Arabic خاطِر (ḵāṭir).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.t̪ɪɾ/, [xäː.t̪ɪɾ], /kʰɑː.t̪ɪɾ/, [kʰäː.t̪ɪɾ]

Noun

ख़ातिर • (xātir) f (Urdu spelling خاطِر)

consideration, respect
attention to; hospitality

Declension

Declension of *ख़ातिर* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ातिर xātir	ख़ातिरें xātirẽ
oblique	ख़ातिर xātir	ख़ातिरों xātirõ
vocative	ख़ातिर xātir	ख़ातिरो xātiro

Derived terms

की ख़ातिर (kī xātir)
ख़ातिरदार (xātirdār)
ख़ातिरदारी (xātirdārī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खा़तिर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 234