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)
  • Iranian Persian: خانَقاه (xânaġâh)
  • Tajik: хонақоҳ (xonaqoh)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خانَقاه (hanekâh)
  • Turkish: hankâh
• → Urdu: خانَقاہ (xānaqāh)
• → 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^[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 (xânagâh)

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]

 

• (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): [xɒː.næ.ʁɒ́ːʰ]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	xānaqāh
Dari reading?	xānaqāh
Iranian reading?	xânaġâh
Tajik reading?	xonaqoh

Noun

Dari	خانقاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хонақоҳ

خانقاه • (xânaqâh) (plural خانقاه‌ها)

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

Derived terms

• خانقاهی (xânaqâhi)

Descendants

→ Bengali: খানকা (khanka)

Further reading

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