𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠

𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *vahanam (“house”), from Proto-Iranian *wāhana (“habitation”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Equivalent to *h₂wes- + *-enom. Compare Sanskrit वसन (vasana, “dwelling, abiding”), Compare also Northern Luri هۏش‎ (höş, “house, home”).

Related to d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”) (from Old Persian *dipi-vahanam), [script needed] (gyʾg /gyāg/, “place”) (whence Persian جا‎ (jā)).

Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (x’n” /xānā/, “house”), [script needed] (x’n’kh /xānāk/, “house”), Parthian *vān, Khunsari ونه‎ (vane, “dwelling”), Northern Luri هۏنںه‎ (höna, “house”), Bakhtiari هۊنه‎ (hune, “house”) Northern Kurdish xanî (house), Gilaki خنه‎ (xanē, “home”), خومو‎ (xumu, “nest”), خومه‎ (xumē, “place-name suffix”), Mazanderani خنه‎ (xene, “room”).

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡁𐡉𐡕𐡀‎ (baytā).

Noun

𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 • (BYTA /xānag/)

1. house

Descendants

• Persian: خانه‎ (xâne)
  • → Armenian: -խանա (-xana)
  • → Azerbaijani: -xana
  • → Bashkir: -хана (-xana)
  • → Bengali: -খানা (-khana), -খান্ (-khan)
  • → Hindustani:

    → Hindi: ख़ाना (xānā)

    → Urdu: خانہ‎ (xānā)

  • → Georgian: -ხანა (-xana)
  • → Kazakh: -хана (-xana)
  • → Kyrgyz: -кана (-kana)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خانه‎ (hane)
    • Turkish: hane
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ـخانه‎ (-hane)
    • Turkish: -hane
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        • Latin: -àna
        • Cyrillic: -а̀на
  • → Punjabi: خانہ‎ (xāna, khāna) / ਖਾਨਾ (khānā)
  • → Sindhi: خانو‎ (xāno)
  • → Uzbek: -xona

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