खाता (khaataa)
noun/verb
Primarily a noun meaning 'account' (bank account, ledger account), commonly seen in banking and business contexts; also occurs as the masculine singular habitual/imperfective form of the verb खाना (khaanaa, 'to eat') in constructions like वह खाता है (vah khaataa hai, 'he eats').
Sense
1
:
account (bank/financial)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: अकाउंट (akaaunt, common in spoken banking contexts)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Every Indian household conversation about money eventually mentions a बैंक खाता (baink khaataa, 'bank account') -- especially since schemes like जन धन खाता (jan dhan khaataa) became a household phrase for financial inclusion. You'll also hear it in the ledger sense at small shops, where the shopkeeper keeps a खाता (khaataa) of customers' credit.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse खाता (khaataa) with खाना (khaanaa, 'food' or 'to eat') because of the similar spelling and shared root -- context (banking vs. eating) is the quickest way to tell them apart. 2) The common banking phrase is खाता खोलना (khaataa kholnaa, 'to open an account'), not बनाना (banaanaa) -- learners often reach for the wrong verb here.
Sample Sentences:
मेरा बैंक खाता एस.बी.आई. में है।
My bank account is with SBI.
(meraa baink khaataa es.bii.aaii. men hai।)
मैंने पिछले महीने एक नया खाता खोला।
I opened a new account last month.
(mainne pichhle mahiine ek nayaa khaataa kholaa।)
क्या आपका जन धन खाता अभी भी चालू है?
Is your Jan Dhan account still active?
(kyaa aapkaa jan dhan khaataa abhii bhii chaaloo hai?)
कृपया अपने खाते में पैसे जमा कर दीजिए।
Please deposit the money into your account.
(kripyaa apne khaate men paise jamaa kar diijie।)
अगर मेरे पास खाता होता, तो पैसे भेजना आसान होता।
If I had an account, sending money would have been easy.
(agar mere paas khaataa hotaa, to paise bhejnaa aasaan hotaa।)
हर महीने मेरे खाते से बिजली का बिल कट जाता है।
Every month, the electricity bill gets deducted from my account.
(har mahiine mere khaate se bijlii kaa bil kat jaataa hai।)
बैंक द्वारा उसका खाता बंद कर दिया गया।
His account was closed by the bank.
(baink dvaaraa uskaa khaataa band kar diyaa gayaa।)
शायद उसका खाता किसी दूसरी शाखा में हो।
Perhaps his account is at some other branch.
(shaayad uskaa khaataa kisii doosrii shaakhaa men ho।)
दुकानदार ने कहा कि वह मेरा खाता अपनी किताब में लिख देगा।
The shopkeeper said he would write my account (tab) in his book.
(dukaandaar ne kahaa ki vah meraa khaataa apnii kitaab men likh degaa।)
वह अपना खाता बैलेंस चेक कर रही है।
She is checking her account balance.
(vah apnaa khaataa bailens chek kar rahii hai।)
सरकार ने सभी नागरिकों से खाता खुलवाने की अपील की।
The government appealed to all citizens to get an account opened.
(sarkaar ne sabhii naagrikon se khaataa khulvaane kii apiil kii।)
Sense
2
:
ledger, register (record-keeping book)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: बहीखाता (bahiikhaataa, compound form used in bookkeeping), रजिस्टर (rajistar)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the older, more traditional sense -- the physical खाता (khaataa) or ledger book that shopkeepers and accountants used (and many still use) to track debts and dues, often alongside the compound बही-खाता (bahii-khaataa).
Sample Sentences:
दुकानदार रोज़ शाम को अपना खाता लिखता है।
The shopkeeper writes his ledger every evening.
(dukaandaar roz shaam ko apnaa khaataa likhtaa hai।)
पुराना बही-खाता अलमारी में रखा है।
The old ledger books are kept in the cupboard.
(puraanaa bahii-khaataa almaarii men rakhaa hai।)
मुनीम ने पूरे साल का खाता जोड़ लिया था।
The accountant had totaled the whole year's ledger.
(muniim ne poore saal kaa khaataa jod liyaa thaa।)
अगर तुम खाता ठीक से रखते तो हिसाब में गड़बड़ न होती।
If you had kept the ledger properly, there wouldn't have been a mess in the accounts.
(agar tum khaataa thiik se rakhte to hisaab men gadbad n hotii।)
खाता ज़रा साफ़ लिखो, मुनीम जी शाम को देखेंगे।
Write the ledger a bit neatly, the accountant will check it in the evening.
(khaataa zaraa saaf likho, muniim jii shaam ko dekhenge।)
यह खाता पिछले तीस सालों से इस दुकान में चला आ रहा है।
This ledger has been maintained in this shop for the last thirty years.
(yah khaataa pichhle tiis saalon se is dukaan men chalaa aa rahaa hai।)
बही-खाता देखकर पता चला कि सेठ जी का पुराना उधार अभी बाकी है।
Looking at the ledger, it turned out that the merchant's old debt is still pending.
(bahii-khaataa dekhkar pataa chalaa ki seth jii kaa puraanaa udhaar abhii baakii hai।)
आग में सारा बही-खाता जल गया था।
The entire ledger was burned in the fire.
(aag men saaraa bahii-khaataa jal gayaa thaa।)
जब तक खाता न मिले, कोई हिसाब तय नहीं किया जाएगा।
Until the ledger is found, no accounts will be settled.
(jab tak khaataa n mile, koii hisaab tay nahiin kiyaa jaaegaa।)
Sense
3
:
eats (habitual/imperfective, masculine singular form of खाना)
verb, transitive This is the masculine singular imperfective participle of खाना (khaanaa, 'to eat'), used with है/था etc. as in वह रोज़ फल खाता है (vah roz phal khaataa hai, 'he eats fruit daily'). Full conjugation is covered in the morphology table for खाना (khaanaa).
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is simply the verb खाना (khaanaa) wearing its masculine singular habitual form -- it's worth cross-referencing the main entry for खाना (khaanaa) to see the fuller picture of how this verb behaves, including its idiomatic extensions like गाली खाना (gaalii khaanaa, 'to get scolded').
Common Mistakes: 1) This form only appears with masculine singular subjects (मैं/तू/यह/वह) -- learners sometimes use it with feminine or plural subjects where खाती (khaatii) or खाते (khaate) is required.
Sample Sentences:
वह रोज़ सुबह अंडा खाता है।
He eats an egg every morning.
(vah roz subah andaa khaataa hai।)
मेरा बेटा सब्ज़ी नहीं खाता।
My son doesn't eat vegetables.
(meraa betaa sabzii nahiin khaataa।)
बचपन में वह बहुत मिर्च वाला खाना खाता था।
As a child, he used to eat very spicy food.
(bachpan men vah bahut mirch vaalaa khaanaa khaataa thaa।)
अगर वह इतनी मिठाई खाता तो बीमार पड़ जाता।
If he ate so much sweets, he would fall sick.
(agar vah itnii mithaaii khaataa to biimaar pad jaataa।)
क्या वह मांस खाता है?
Does he eat meat?
(kyaa vah maans khaataa hai?)
वह अकेला बैठा खाना खाता रहता है, किसी से बात नहीं करता।
He just keeps sitting alone eating food, doesn't talk to anyone.
(vah akelaa baithaa khaanaa khaataa rahtaa hai, kisii se baat nahiin kartaa।)
इतना बोलेगा तो एक दिन ज़रूर गाली खाता रहेगा।
If he keeps talking like this, he'll definitely keep getting scolded one day.
(itnaa bolegaa to ek din zaroor gaalii khaataa rahegaa।)
यह जानवर केवल पत्तियाँ खाता है।
This animal only eats leaves.
(yah jaanvar keval pattiyaan khaataa hai।)
जो आदमी झूठ बोलता है, वह अक्सर अपने ही शब्दों की मार खाता है।
The man who lies often ends up getting hurt by his own words.
(jo aadmii jhooth boltaa hai, vah aksar apne hii shabdon kii maar khaataa hai।)
शायद वह रात का बचा खाना खाता हो।
Maybe he eats the leftover food from last night.
(shaayad vah raat kaa bachaa khaanaa khaataa ho।)
पहलवान दिन में पाँच बार खाता है।
The wrestler eats five times a day.
(pahalvaan din men paanch baar khaataa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
खाता
(khaataa)
(sg.m.oblique):
खाता
(khaataa)
(pl.m.direct):
खाता
(khaataa)
(pl.m.oblique):
खाताओं
(khaataaon)
Verb
infinitive:
खाता
(khaataa)
infinitive oblique:
खातने
(khaatne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
खातता
(khaattaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
खातते
(khaatte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
खातती
(khaattii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
खाततीं
(khaattiin)
continuous (sg.m):
खात रहा
(khaat rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
खात रहे
(khaat rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
खात रही
(khaat rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
खात रहीं
(khaat rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
खाता
(khaataa)
perfective (pl.m):
खाते
(khaate)
perfective (sg.f):
खाती
(khaatii)
perfective (pl.f):
खातीं
(khaatiin)
imperative (informal):
खात
(khaat)
imperative (neutral):
खातो
(khaato)
imperative (formal):
खातिए
(khaatie)
future (1sg.m):
खातूँगा
(khaatoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
खातूँगी
(khaatoongii)
future (1pl.m):
खातेंगे
(khaatenge)
future (1pl.f):
खातेंगी
(khaatengii)
future (2sg.m):
खातेगा
(khaategaa)
future (2sg.f):
खातेगी
(khaategii)
future (2pl.m):
खातोगे
(khaatoge)
future (2pl.f):
खातोगी
(khaatogii)
future (3sg.m):
खातेगा
(khaategaa)
future (3sg.f):
खातेगी
(khaategii)
future (3pl.m):
खातेंगे
(khaatenge)
future (3pl.f):
खातेंगी
(khaatengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
खातूँ
(khaatoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
खातें
(khaaten)
subjunctive (2sg):
खाते
(khaate)
subjunctive (2pl):
खातो
(khaato)
subjunctive (3sg):
खाते
(khaate)
subjunctive (3pl):
खातें
(khaaten)