खाता کھاتا ♣ Eng. check, shah

खाता کھاتا ♣ Eng. check, shah

[kʰātā̌], m. account, an account-book.

[◀MIA: Pa. khatta- n. in cmpds. ‘rule, authority’ ◀OIA kṣatrá- n. ‘might, rule’ RV. <√kṣi ‘to possess, have power over, rule, govern’ ◀PIE *kþē(i)-, kþǝ(i)- ‘to acquire, possess, own, obtain, gain’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. check, shah, satrap ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0867; (Turner, 1966) 3648; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 232; (MW, 1899) 0327; (Pokorny, 1959) 0626; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.421, 1.426