"khata" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑː.tə/, /ˈkæ.tə/ Forms: khatas [plural], khatag [alternative], khatak [alternative]
Etymology: From Tibetan ཁ་བཏགས་ (kha btags); compare Mongolian хадаг (xadag), Nepali खतक (khatak), Chinese 哈達 /哈达. Etymology templates: {{cog|bo|ཁ་བཏགས་}} Tibetan ཁ་བཏགས་ (kha btags), {{cog|mn|хадаг}} Mongolian хадаг (xadag), {{cog|ne|खतक}} Nepali खतक (khatak), {{cog|zh|哈達}} Chinese 哈達 /哈达 Head templates: {{en-noun}} khata (plural khatas)
  1. A traditional ceremonial scarf in Tengrism and Tibetan Buddhism, symbolizing purity and compassion. Translations (scarf): 哈達 /哈达 (hǎdá) (Chinese Mandarin), хадаг (xadag) (Mongolian), खतक (khatak) (Nepali), खदा (khadā) (Nepali), Хада́к (Xadák) (Russian), ཁ་བཏགས (kha btags) (Tibetan), Cáp Đạt (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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