کارخانہ

See also: کارخانه

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Middle Persian [script needed] (kʾl /⁠kār⁠/)

Classical Persian کَار (kār / kâr)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-

Proto-Iranian *Hwah-

Proto-Iranian *wāhana

Old Persian *vahanam

Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 (bytʾ /⁠xānag⁠/)

Classical Persian خَانَه (xāna / xâne)

Classical Persian کَارْخَانَه (kārxāna)bor.

Urdu کارخانہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَارْخَانَه (kārxāna), from کَار (kār / kâr) + خَانَه (xāna / xâne).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ.xɑː.nɑ(ː)/

Noun

کارْخانَہ • (kārxāna) m (Hindi spelling कारख़ाना)

1. workshop
2. factory
3. manufactory
4. dockyard
5. arsenal
6. laboratory
7. any place where public works are carried on

References

• “کارخانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John T. Platts (17 August 2012 (last accessed)), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]