thana
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Hindi.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtɑːnə/
[edit] Noun
thana (plural thanas)
- An Indian military outpost.
- A police station, or a police jurisdiction in India.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 387:
- To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 387:
