کھانا

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Punjabi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit खादति (khādati). Cognate with Urdu کھانا (khānā).

Verb

کھاݨا (khāṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਾਣਾ)

  1. to eat

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit खाद्य (khādya).

Noun

کھاݨا (khāṇām (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਾਣਾ)

  1. food

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀅 (khāa) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit खाद् (khād).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kʰɑː.nɑː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: کھا‧نا

Verb

کھانا (khānā) (Hindi spelling खाना)

  1. to eat
  2. to take (medicine etc.)

Conjugation

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Noun

کھانا (khānām (Hindi spelling खाना)

  1. food
  2. meal

Declension

Declension of کھانا
singular plural
direct کھانا (khānā) کھانے (khāne)
oblique کھانے (khāne) کھانوں (khānõ)
vocative کھانے (khāne) کھانو (khāno)

Further reading

  • کھانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کھانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کهانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.