ترکھان

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• تَکھاݨ (takhāṇ)
• تَرخاݨ (tarxāṇ)

Etymology

Either inherited from Sanskrit तक्षन् (takṣan) and influenced by Persian ترخان (itself possibly from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣 (t¹r¹qn¹)), or directly corrupted from the Persian term. Compare Urdu تکھان.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾᵊ.kʰäː.ɳᵊ/, /t̪ə.ɾᵊ.x̠äː.ɳᵊ/

Proper noun

تَرکھاݨ • (tarkhāṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਖਾਣ)

1. Tarkhan; a carpentry caste common in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan

Noun

تَرکھاݨ • (tarkhāṇ) m or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਖਾਣ)

1. Tarkhan; a member of the Tarkhan caste, who are carpenters or joiners by trade
2. carpenter, joiner
3. (historical) tarkhan; an ancient Central Asian title

Derived terms

• تَرکھاݨا m (tarkhāṇā, “carpentry”)

 

Related terms

• تَکھنوٹا m (takhnoṭā, “son of a carpenter”)
• تَکھنَٹیا m (takhnaṭeyā, “son of a carpenter”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ترکھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ترکھان”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024