बारूदख़ाना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باروت خانه (bārūt-xāna). By surface analysis, बारूद (bārūd) +‎ -ख़ाना (-xānā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɾuːd̪.xɑː.nɑː/, [bäː.ɾuːd̪.xäː.näː], /bɑː.ɾuːd̪.kʰɑː.nɑː/, [bäː.ɾuːd̪.kʰäː.näː]
• Hyphenation: बा‧रूद‧ख़ा‧ना

Noun

बारूदख़ाना • (bārūdxānā) m (Urdu spelling بَارُوت خَانَہ)

1. magazine, ammunition storehouse

Declension

Declension of बारूदख़ाना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बारूदख़ाना bārūdxānā	बारूदख़ाने bārūdxāne
oblique	बारूदख़ाने bārūdxāne	बारूदख़ानों bārūdxānõ
vocative	बारूदख़ाने bārūdxāne	बारूदख़ानो bārūdxāno

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बारूदखाना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3466
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बारूद-ख़ाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 726