खोट (khot)
noun
A noun meaning a flaw, defect, or dishonest streak in something or someone -- used for a fault in an object, a character defect, or adulteration in metal/material.
Sense
1
:
flaw, defect, fault
noun, feminine
Synonyms: कमी (kamii), दोष (dosh), ऐब (aib, colloquial), खराबी (kharaabii)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will often hear this in the phrase नीयत में खोट (niiyat men khot, 'a flaw in one's intentions') -- Hindi loves locating moral failing inside the नीयत (niiyat, 'intention') rather than in the person directly, which softens direct accusation while still landing the point.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for कमी (kamii) in every context, but खोट (khot) carries a stronger sense of something being wrong or tainted at the core, not just insufficient in quantity. 2) खोट (khot) is typically used with होना (honaa) or निकालना (nikaalnaa) -- e.g. खोट निकालना (khot nikaalnaa, 'to find fault') -- rather than being used as a standalone descriptive adjective.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी नीयत में खोट है।
There is a flaw in his intentions.
(uskii niiyat men khot hai।)
मुझे उसकी बातों में कोई खोट नज़र नहीं आई।
I didn't notice any flaw in what he said.
(mujhe uskii baaton men koii khot nazar nahiin aaii।)
अगर उसकी नीयत में खोट होती, तो वह इतनी मदद क्यों करता?
If there were a flaw in his intentions, why would he help so much?
(agar uskii niiyat men khot hotii, to vah itnii madad kyon kartaa?)
इस योजना में कोई न कोई खोट ज़रूर निकलेगी।
Some flaw or another will definitely turn up in this plan.
(is yojnaa men koii n koii khot zaroor niklegii।)
क्या इस काम में कोई खोट है, ज़रा बताओ तो।
Is there some flaw in this work? Just tell me, will you.
(kyaa is kaam men koii khot hai, zaraa bataao to।)
पुलिस को शक था कि उसकी नीयत में खोट है।
The police suspected that there was a flaw in his intentions.
(pulis ko shak thaa ki uskii niiyat men khot hai।)
शायद उसके चरित्र में कोई खोट हो, इसीलिए लोग उससे दूरी बनाते हैं।
Perhaps there is some flaw in his character, which is why people keep their distance from him.
(shaayad uske charitr men koii khot ho, isiilie log usse doorii banaate hain।)
हर इंसान में कोई न कोई खोट होती है, कोई पूरी तरह बेदाग़ नहीं होता।
Every person has some flaw or the other; no one is entirely spotless.
(har insaan men koii n koii khot hotii hai, koii poorii tarah bedaagh nahiin hotaa।)
अफ़सर की नीयत में खोट पाई गई, तभी जांच बैठी।
A flaw was found in the officer's intentions, which is why an inquiry was set up.
(afsar kii niiyat men khot paaii gaii, tabhii jaanch baithii।)
मन में खोट रखकर की गई भलाई सच्ची नहीं मानी जाती।
A good deed done while harboring a flaw in one's heart is not considered genuine.
(man men khot rakhkar kii gaii bhalaaii sachchii nahiin maanii jaatii।)
Sense
2
:
adulteration, impurity (in metal or material)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: मिलावट (milaavat), अशुद्धि (ashuddhi, formal)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: This sense comes from goldsmiths' shops -- सुनार (sunaar, 'goldsmith') -- where checking gold or silver for खोट (khot) means testing for base metal mixed in. From there it extended naturally to the moral sense of a hidden impurity in a person's character.
Sample Sentences:
सुनार ने सोने में खोट पकड़ ली।
The goldsmith caught the adulteration in the gold.
(sunaar ne sone men khot pakad lii।)
इस चांदी में खोट है, यह असली नहीं है।
There is adulteration in this silver, it is not pure.
(is chaandii men khot hai, yah aslii nahiin hai।)
सुनार हर गहने में खोट जांचता है।
The goldsmith checks every ornament for adulteration.
(sunaar har gahne men khot jaanchtaa hai।)
अगर धातु में खोट न होती, तो कीमत ज्यादा होती।
If there had been no adulteration in the metal, the price would have been higher.
(agar dhaatu men khot n hotii, to kiimat jyaadaa hotii।)
सोने की खोट पहचानने के लिए उसे आग में तपाया गया।
It was heated in fire in order to identify the adulteration in the gold.
(sone kii khot pahchaanne ke lie use aag men tapaayaa gayaa।)
जौहरी साहब, ज़रा देखिए इस सोने में कोई खोट तो नहीं।
Sir jeweler, please check whether there is any adulteration in this gold.
(jauhrii saahab, zaraa dekhie is sone men koii khot to nahiin।)
शायद इस मिश्रधातु में थोड़ी खोट मिली हो।
Perhaps there is a little adulteration mixed into this alloy.
(shaayad is mishrdhaatu men thodii khot milii ho।)
पुराने ज़माने में सुनार कसौटी पर रगड़कर खोट का पता लगाते थे।
In olden times, goldsmiths would find out the adulteration by rubbing it on a touchstone.
(puraane zamaane men sunaar kasautii par ragadkar khot kaa pataa lagaate the।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
खोट
(khot)
(sg.f.oblique):
खोट
(khot)
(pl.f.direct):
खोटें
(khoten)
(pl.f.oblique):
खोटों
(khoton)