কুলখানি
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”).
Noun
কুলখানি • (qulkhani) (objective কুলখানি or কুলখানিকে, genitive কুলখানির, locative কুলখানিতে)
- 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.