ख़ानदानी

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian خاندانی (xāndānī), from خاندان (xāndān).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /xɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, [xä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.niː], /kʰɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, [kʰä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.niː]

Adjective

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ख़ानदानी (xāndānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خاندانی)

  1. ancestral, hereditary
    यह हमारा ख़ानदानी मकान दो सदियों से रहा है।
    yah hamārā xāndānī makān do sadiyõ se rahā hai.
    This has been our ancestral home for two centuries.
  2. of good lineage; of good stock
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References

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