хат

From Arabic خَطّ‎ (ḵaṭṭ, “script; handwriting; written character”).

• IPA^(key): /χɑt/
• Hyphenation: хат (one syllable)

хат • (xat)

1. letter (written message)

   Ғишыҡ хаты.

   Ğişıq xatı.

   A love letter.

   Рәхмәт хаты.

   Räxmät xatı.

   Thank-you letter.

   Минән хат көт.

   Minän xat köt.

   Wait for a letter from me.

   Иҫтәлеккә тик өсмөйөшлө һалдат хаттары ғына ҡалды.

   İθtälekkä tik ösmöyöşlö haldat xattarı ğına qaldı.

   Only the soldier's triangle letters (=wartime blue-envelope mail) have remained as a keepsake.

   Хаттың тышында адресын күреү менән атайымдың ҡулын таныным.

   Xattıŋ tışında adresın kürew menän atayımdıŋ qulın tanınım.

   As soon as I saw the address on the envelope of the letter, I recognized my father's handwriting.

   Alpamysha (Bashkir folk epic):

   Алпамыша, ебәргән хатына яуап-хәбәр булмағас, бик ҡайғырған, ти.

   Alpamışa, yebärgän xatına yawap-xäbär bulmağas, bik qayğırğan, ti.

   Alpamysha was very sad as there was no reply to the letter he had sent.

From Arabic خَطّ‎ (ḵaṭṭ, “script; handwriting; written character”).

хат • (xat) (nominative plural хаттар)

1. letter (written message)

• хаттама (xattama)
• хатшы (xatşy), хатшылық (xatşylyq)

• IPA^(key): [xat]

хат • (xat) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ха́та (xáta)

From Proto-Turkic *Kad.

хат • (xat) (definite accusative хатты, plural хаттар)

1. wind

• салгын (salgın)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

хат • (qat)

1. again

   хат кэллэ ― qat kelle ― he came again / he returned

   хат-хат ыйытыма ― qat-qat ıyıtıma ― don't ask again

   Synonym: эмиэ (emie)

• хаттык (qattık, “outerwear”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

хат • (qat)

1. pregnant (of humans)

of humans

• мэһэйдээх (meheydeeq) (dialectal)
• оһоҕостоох (ohoğostooq) (colloquial)
• ыарахан (ıaraqan) (colloquial)

of animals

• буос (buos)
• уулаах (uulaaq)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Mongolian хатах (xatax).

хат • (qat)

1. (intransitive) to dry out

   ардах түспэккэ, сир хатан хаалла

   ardaq tüspekke, sir qatan qaalla

   it hasn't rained (in a long time), so the earth has ended up drying out

   хам хат ― qam qat ― to completely dry out

2. (intransitive) to lose weight

   дэлби хатан хаалбыт ― delbi qatan qaalbıt ― he ended up losing quite a lot of weight

   See synonyms at иин (iin).

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to wait a long time

   See synonyms at күүт (küüt).

From Proto-Turkic *kat- (“to mix, add; tie to”).

хат • (qat)

1. (transitive) to (tie in a) knot

   кыһыл кумаҕынан өтүү хатар

   kıhıl kumağınan ötüü qatar

   from the red sand he knots a rope

   (said of an eloquent man, the "red sand" being a reference to the tongue)

   Antonym: өһүл (öhül, “to untangle”)