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Bengali
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, bit”). Compare Assamese -খন (-khon).
Classifier
-খান • (-khan)
- (now chiefly dialectal) classifier for inanimate objects
- কাপড়খান ― kapoṛkhan ― The garment
- (now chiefly dialectal) measure word for inanimate objects
- তিনখান কাপড় ― tinkhan kapoṛ ― Three garments
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa), with semantic shift from "piece" to "thing" to "place". Probably influenced by the now archaic locational suffix -থান (-than), from Prakrit 𑀣𑀸𑀦 (thāna), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna); and possibly also influenced by Classical Persian خانه (xāna, “house”).
Suffix
-খান • (-khan)
- place
Derived terms