खान

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʰɑːn/,

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀺 (khāṇi), 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀻 (khāṇī), from Sanskrit खानि (khāni, mine). Doublet of खनि (khani) and खानि (khāni). Compare Punjabi ਖਾਣ (khāṇ), Gujarati ખાણ (khāṇ), ખાણી (khāṇī), Marathi खाण (khāṇ), and Bengali খাদ (khad).

Noun

खान (khānf (Urdu spelling کھان)

  1. mine, quarry
    Synonym: खदान (khadān)
    मेरे पिता लोहे की खान में काम करते थे।
    mere pitā lohe kī khān mẽ kām karte the.
    My father used to work in an iron mine.
  2. treasury; storehouse; repository
    Synonym: भंडार (bhaṇḍār)
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana, the act of eating). Doublet of खाना (khānā) and खादन (khādan).

Noun

खान (khānm (Urdu spelling کھان) (now rare, chiefly in compounds)

  1. food
    खान-पानkhān-pāneating and drinking
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

खान (khānm (Urdu spelling خان)

  1. nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, khan)
Declension

Proper noun

खान (khānm or f by sense (Urdu spelling خان)

  1. nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, a surname from Persian, equivalent to English Khan.)
Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Further reading

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Reborrowed from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), which is itself from Sanskrit खादन (khādana). Doublet of खादन (khādana).

Pronunciation

Noun

खान (khāna) stemn

  1. eating, food
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of खान (khāna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative खानम्
khānam
खाने
khāne
खानानि / खाना¹
khānāni / khānā¹
Vocative खान
khāna
खाने
khāne
खानानि / खाना¹
khānāni / khānā¹
Accusative खानम्
khānam
खाने
khāne
खानानि / खाना¹
khānāni / khānā¹
Instrumental खानेन
khānena
खानाभ्याम्
khānābhyām
खानैः / खानेभिः¹
khānaiḥ / khānebhiḥ¹
Dative खानाय
khānāya
खानाभ्याम्
khānābhyām
खानेभ्यः
khānebhyaḥ
Ablative खानात्
khānāt
खानाभ्याम्
khānābhyām
खानेभ्यः
khānebhyaḥ
Genitive खानस्य
khānasya
खानयोः
khānayoḥ
खानानाम्
khānānām
Locative खाने
khāne
खानयोः
khānayoḥ
खानेषु
khāneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “खान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “khāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “खान”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press