غلط

See also: غلظ

Arabic

Root
غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.li.tˤa/

Verb

غَلِطَ • (ḡaliṭa) I, non-past يَغْلَطُ‎ (yaḡlaṭu)

  1. to err
  2. to make a mistake
Conjugation
References

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/

Noun

غَلَط • (ḡalaṭ) m (plural أَغْلَاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. verbal noun of غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) (form I)
  2. error, mistake
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: għelt
  • Armenian: ղալաթ (ġalatʻ)
  • Azerbaijani: qələt
  • Chechen: гӏалат (ğalat)
  • Georgian: ღალატი (ɣalaṭi)
  • Indonesian: galat
  • Malay: ralat
  • Ottoman Turkish: غلط (ġalaṭ)
  • Persian: غلط (ğalat)
    • Bengali: গলদ (gôlôd), গলতি (gôlti)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: ग़लत (ġalat)
      Urdu: غلط (ġalat)
    • Pashto: غلط (ǧalát)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਗਲਤ (galat)
      Shahmukhi script: غلط (ġalat)
    • Uzbek: gʻalat
    • Uyghur: غەلەت (ghelet)
  • Tajik: ғалат (ġalat)
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

غَلَط • (ḡalaṭ)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.laˈt̪/

Adjective

غلط • (ǧalat)

  1. wrong
    Synonym: ناسم (nâsëm)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣä.lǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɣä.lǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɣä.lǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? ğalat
Dari reading? ğalat
Iranian reading? ğalat
Tajik reading? ġalat

Adjective

غلط • (ğalat)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

غلط • (ğalat) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalat-hâ))

  1. wrong
  2. mistake
  3. error
Descendants
  • Bengali: গলদ (gôlôd), গলতি (gôlti)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ग़लत (ġalat)
    Urdu: غلط (ġalat)
  • Pashto: غلط (ǧalát)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਲਤ (galat)
    Shahmukhi script: غلط (ġalat)
  • Uzbek: gʻalat
  • Uyghur: غەلەت (ghelet)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from غلطیدن (ğaltidan), غلتیدن (ğaltidan, to roll), if not vice versa.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣäl̪t̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɣäl̪t̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɣäl̪t̪]

Readings
Classical reading? ğalt
Dari reading? ğalt
Iranian reading? ğalt
Tajik reading? ġalt

Noun

غلط • (ğalt) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalt-hâ))

  1. rotation, roll
Derived terms
  • غلطان (ğaltân), غلتان (ğaltân, rolling, rotating)
    • غلطانیدن (ğaltânidan), غلتانیدن (ğaltânidan, to roll)
  • غلطک (ğaltak), غلتک (ğaltak, cylinder, roll), غلتنگ (ğaltang, cylinder, roll)
  • غلطبان (ğaltebân, large cylinder to consolidate clay roofs)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ل ط
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣi.litˤ/, [ˈɣi.lɪtˤ]
  • (file)

Verb

غلط • (ḡiliṭ) I (present بغلط (biḡlaṭ))

  1. to make a mistake
    Synonym: أخطى (ʔaḵṭa)
  2. (+ على) to wrong, to offend, to insult
    ما تسمح لحدا مين ما كان يغلط عليك.
    mā tismaḥ la-ḥada mīn mā kān yiḡlaṭ ʕalēk
    Don't let anyone — whoever it may be — insult you.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of غلط (ḡiliṭ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلط (ḡiliṭ) غلطنا (ḡliṭna) غلطتو (ḡliṭtu) غلطو (ḡilṭu)
f غلطتي (ḡliṭti) غلطت (ḡilṭat)
present m بغلط (baḡlaṭ) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ) بغلط (biḡlaṭ) منغلط (mniḡlaṭ) بتغلطو (btiḡlaṭu) بغلطو (biḡlaṭu)
f بتغلطي (btiḡlaṭi) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ)
subjunctive m أغلط (ʔaḡlaṭ) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ) يغلط (yiḡlaṭ) نغلط (niḡlaṭ) تغلطو (tiḡlaṭu) يغلطو (yiḡlaṭu)
f تغلطي (tiḡlaṭi) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ)
imperative m اغلط (iḡlaṭ) اغلطو (iḡlaṭu)
f اغلطي (iḡlaṭi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/, [ˈɣɑ.lɑtˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

غلط • (ḡalaṭ) m (plural أغلاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: غلطة (ḡalṭa)
  2. wrong, incorrect
    Antonyms: صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, adjective), صح (ṣaḥḥ, interjection)
    الجواب غلط.
    il-jawāb ḡalaṭ
    The answer is wrong.
    فهمتني غلط.
    fhemt-ni ḡalaṭ
    You misunderstood me.
Usage notes
  • Although غلط (ḡalaṭ) is a noun, it's usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.
See also
  • غلطان (ḡalṭān, wrong, mistaken (of people))

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Adjective

غلط • (ġalat) (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

غلط • (ġalat) m (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. mistake
  2. error

See also

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