بیت الخلاء

Urdu

Etymology

From بیت‎ (bait, “house, place”) +‎ ال‎ (al, “of”) +‎ خلا‎ (xalā, “space, empty”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːt̪.əl.xə.lɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

بَیت الْخَلاء‎ • (bait al-xalā') m (formal plural بیوت الخلاء‎, Hindi spelling बैतुल-ख़ला)

(formal) toilet
Synonym: غسل خانہ‎ (ġuslxānā)

Further reading

“بیت+الخلا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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