কুলখানি

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Bengali

Etymology

From Classical Persian قل خوانی (qul khawānī), each from Arabic قُلْ (qul) (in reference to the Four Quls of the Qur'an) + Classical Persian خوانی (khawānī, reading, recitation) (ultimately from خواندن (khwāndan, to read).

Pronunciation

Noun

কুলখানি (qulkhani) (objective কুলখানি (kulkhani) or কুলখানিকে (kulkhanike), genitive কুলখানির (kulkhanir), locative কুলখানিতে (kulkhanite))

  1. A Qur'an recitation ritual for the deceased common among Muslims of South Asia.

Descendants

  • English: qulkhwani

References

  • Zaman, Niaz. "কুলখানি". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. →ISBN. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 12 March 2022.