ترکھان
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Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]تَرکھاݨ • (tarkhāṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਖਾਣ)
Noun
[edit]تَرکھاݨ • (tarkhāṇ) m or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਖਾਣ)
- Tarkhan; a member of the Tarkhan caste, who are carpenters or joiners by trade
- carpenter, joiner
- (historical) tarkhan; an ancient Central Asian title
Derived terms
[edit]- تَرکھاݨا m (tarkhāṇā, “carpentry”)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
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- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
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- Punjabi terms borrowed from Persian
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- Punjabi terms derived from Old Turkic
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- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
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- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi feminine nouns
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