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Kh-Tay-Tay
Make a line (or a mark) upon the ground, write or register (such as one's sins being written or registered against him), prohibit a thing or take it for oneself, to cut or cleave a thing, make a slight track/path/road in plain or smooth or soft ground, be in a state/condition of abasement or ignominy.
khatta
vb. (1) impf. act.
29:48
وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُو مِنْ قَبْلِه ِِ مِنْ كِتَاب ٍ وَلاَ تَخُطُّه ُُ بِيَمِينِكَ إِذا ً لاَرْتَابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
Wa Mā Kunta Tatlū Min Qablihi Min Kitābin Wa Lā Takhuţţuhu Biyamīnika 'Idhāan Lārtāba Al-Mubţilūna
You were not reciting any Book before this, nor were you writing one down by your hand. In that case, the doubters would have had reason.
Hans Wehr
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