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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خانگاه (xānagāh), from خانه (xāna) + ـگاه (-gāh).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
خانَقاہ or خانْقاہ • (xānaqāh or xānqāh) f (Hindi spelling ख़ानक़ाह or ख़ान्क़ाह)
- a convent for Sufi recluses; khanaqah
- a convent, monastery, a religious establishment for holy men
References
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “خانقاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خانقاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “خانقاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.