کھان

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀺 (khāṇi), 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀻 (khāṇī), from Sanskrit खानि (khāni, “mine”), from the root खन् (khan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan-. Compare Punjabi ਖਾਣ (khāṇ), Gujarati ખાણ (khāṇ), ખાણી (khāṇī), Marathi खाण (khāṇ), and Bengali খাদ (khad). Doublet of کَھانِی (khānī).

Pronunciation

Noun

کھان • (khān) f (Hindi spelling खान)

  1. mine, quarry
  2. treasury; storehouse; repository

Declension

    Declension of کھان
singular plural
direct کهان (khān) کهانیں (khānẽ)
oblique کهان (khān) کهانوں (khānõ)
vocative کهان (khān) کهانو (khāno)

References

  • “کھان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “کھان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “khān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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