As a Hindi name

Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.

खोट · noun · feminine

दोष । ऐब । बुराई · किसी उत्तम वस्तु में निकृष्ट वस्तु की मिलावट · वह निकृष्ट वस्तु जो किसी उत्तम वस्तु में मिलाई जाय — Śabdasāgara

खोट · adj

[स्त्री॰ खोटी] जिसमें कोई ऐब हो । दूषित । बुरा । 'खरा ' का उलटा । जैसे ,—खोटा रुपया, खोटा सोना, खोटा आदमी — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ खोटा

खोट · khoṭ · s.f.

& m. Falsehood, deceit, fraud; unfaithfulness, insincerity; vice, evil, wickedness; evil propensity or disposition — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 882

खोट · masculine

flaw, defect, fault; blemish, error, imperfection

a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit कूट — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“From Sanskrit कूट (kūṭa, “flaw, defect”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record