(p. 271) khata a letter or a chit, a note; a note of hand, a promissory note, a debenture, a loan-bond; a written undertaking (দাসখত); act of rubbing esp. on the ground (নাকে খত). নাকে খত দেওয়া v. to rub one's nose on the ground (as a mark of undergoing punishment). 54)