खान
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰɑːn/, [kʰä̃ːn̪]
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 • (khān) f (Urdu spelling کهان)
- mine, quarry
- 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.
- Synonym: खदान (khadān)
- treasury; storehouse; repository
- Synonym: भंडार (bhaṇḍār)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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direct | खान khān | खानें khānẽ |
oblique | खान khān | खानों khānõ |
vocative | खान khān | खानो khāno |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana, “the act of eating”). Doublet of खाना (khānā) and खादन (khādan).
Noun
खान • (khān) m (Urdu spelling کهان) (now rare, chiefly in compounds)
- food
- खान-पान ― khān-pān ― eating and drinking
Declension
singular | plural | |
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direct | खान khān | खान khān |
oblique | खान khān | खानों khānõ |
vocative | खान khān | खानो khāno |
Synonyms
- भोजन (bhojan)
- भक्षण (bhakṣaṇ)
- खाना (khānā)
- खादन (khādan)
- आश (āś)
- नमस् (namas)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
खान • (khān) m (Urdu spelling خان)
- nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, “khan”)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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direct | खान khān | खान khān |
oblique | खान khān | खानों khānõ |
vocative | खान khān | खानो khāno |
Proper noun
खान • (khān) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling خان)
- 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.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | खान khān | खान khān |
oblique | खान khān | खानों khānõ |
vocative | खान khān | खानो khāno |
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | खान khān | खानें khānẽ |
oblique | खान khān | खानों khānõ |
vocative | खान khān | खानो khāno |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “खान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- “खान”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khān”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 204
- Platts, John T. (1884), “खान”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- ᬔᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- খান (Assamese script)
- খান (Bengali script)
- 𑰏𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌖𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ખાન (Gujarati script)
- ਖਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦑꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- ខាន (Khmer script)
- ಖಾನ (Kannada script)
- ຂານ (Lao script)
- ഖാന (Malayalam script)
- 𑘏𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡘᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- ခါန (Burmese script)
- 𑦯𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଖାନ (Oriya script)
- ꢓꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ඛාන (Sinhalese script)
- ఖాన (Telugu script)
- ขาน (Thai script)
- ཁཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Reborrowed from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), which is itself from Sanskrit खादन (khādana). Doublet of खादन (khādana).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʰɑː.nɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɑː.n̪ɐ/
Noun
खान • (khāna) n
- eating, food
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of खान (khāna) | |||
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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 |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “खान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 339.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “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