خانقاه

See also: خانقاہ

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَانَگَاه (xānagāh), from خَانَه (xāna, “house”) +‎ ـگَاه (-gāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.na.qaːh/

Noun

خَانَقَاه • (ḵānaqāh) m (plural خَوَانِق (ḵawāniq))

1. khanaqah

Declension

Declension of noun خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَانَقَاه ḵānaqāh	الْخَانَقَاه al-ḵānaqāh	خَانَقَاه ḵānaqāh
nominative	خَانَقَاهٌ ḵānaqāhun	الْخَانَقَاهُ al-ḵānaqāhu	خَانَقَاهُ ḵānaqāhu
accusative	خَانَقَاهًا ḵānaqāhan	الْخَانَقَاهَ al-ḵānaqāha	خَانَقَاهَ ḵānaqāha
genitive	خَانَقَاهٍ ḵānaqāhin	الْخَانَقَاهِ al-ḵānaqāhi	خَانَقَاهِ ḵānaqāhi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَانَقَاهَيْن ḵānaqāhayn	الْخَانَقَاهَيْن al-ḵānaqāhayn	خَانَقَاهَيْ ḵānaqāhay
nominative	خَانَقَاهَانِ ḵānaqāhāni	الْخَانَقَاهَانِ al-ḵānaqāhāni	خَانَقَاهَا ḵānaqāhā
accusative	خَانَقَاهَيْنِ ḵānaqāhayni	الْخَانَقَاهَيْنِ al-ḵānaqāhayni	خَانَقَاهَيْ ḵānaqāhay
genitive	خَانَقَاهَيْنِ ḵānaqāhayni	الْخَانَقَاهَيْنِ al-ḵānaqāhayni	خَانَقَاهَيْ ḵānaqāhay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوَانِق ḵawāniq	الْخَوَانِق al-ḵawāniq	خَوَانِق ḵawāniq
nominative	خَوَانِقُ ḵawāniqu	الْخَوَانِقُ al-ḵawāniqu	خَوَانِقُ ḵawāniqu
accusative	خَوَانِقَ ḵawāniqa	الْخَوَانِقَ al-ḵawāniqa	خَوَانِقَ ḵawāniqa
genitive	خَوَانِقَ ḵawāniqa	الْخَوَانِقِ al-ḵawāniqi	خَوَانِقِ ḵawāniqi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xanəqah
• → Classical Persian: خَانَقَاه (xānaqāh)
  • > Tajik: хонақоҳ (xonaqoh) (inherited)
  • → Bengali: খানকা (khanoka)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ानक़ाह (xānaqāh), ख़ान्क़ाह (xānqāh)

  Urdu: خَانَقَاہ (xānaqāh), خانْقاہ (xānqāh)

• → Ottoman Turkish: خَانَقَاه (hanekâh)
  • Turkish: hankâh
• → Turkmen: hanaka
• → Uyghur: خانىقا (xaniqa)
• → Uzbek: xonaqoh

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خَانَگَاه (xānagāh), from خَانَه (xāna, “house”) +‎ ـگَاه (-gāh).

Noun

خانقاه • (hanekâh) (definite accusative خانقاه‌ی (hanekâhî), plural خوانق (havânık))

1. (Sufism) khanaqah, takya, a hostel or gathering place for Sufis, often in the form of cells around a courtyard

   Synonyms: تكیه (tekye), دركاه (dergâh)

Descendants

• Turkish: hankâh

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hankâh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1867
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “hankâh”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 389
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خانقاه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 530
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “خانقاه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1848
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خانقاه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 827

Persian

یک خانقاه ― a monastery

Alternative forms

• خانگاه (xānagāh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خَانَگَاه (xānagāh), from خَانَه (xāna, “house”) +‎ ـگَاه (-gāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.na.ˈqaːh/, /xaː.ni.ˈqaːh/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nä.qɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nä.qɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nä.qɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.nä.qɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːɴ.ɢɒ́ːʰ], [xɒː.ne.ʁɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.nä.qɔ́ʱ]

• Rhymes: -aːh

Readings
Classical reading?	xānaqāh, xāniqāh
Dari reading?	xānaqāh
Iranian reading?	xânġâh, xâneġâh
Tajik reading?	xonaqoh

Noun

خانقاه • (xānaqāh, xāniqāh / xânġâh, xâneġâh) (plural خانقاه‌ها (xānaqāh-hā, xāniqāh-hā / xânġâh-hâ, xâneġâh-hâ), Tajik spelling хонақоҳ)

1. (dated) monastery, convent
   1. (Sufism) khanaqah
2. (literary, archaic) heaven

Derived terms

• خانقاهی (xānaqāhī / xânġâhi)

Descendants

• > Tajik: хонақоҳ (xonaqoh) (inherited)
• → Bengali: খানকা (khanoka)

Proper noun

خانقاه • (xānaqāh / xânġâh or xāniqāh / xânġâh) (Tajik spelling Хонақоҳ)

1. name of localities:
   1. a village in Huli Rural District, Central District, Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
   2. a village in Hir Rural District, Hir District, Ardabil County, Ardabil Province, Iran

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خانقاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “خانقاه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.