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ख़ानक़ाह

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خانگاه (xānagāh), from خانه (xāna) +‎ ـگاه (-gāh).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /xɑːn.qɑːɦ/, [xä̃ːn.qäːʱ], /kʰɑːn.kɑːɦ/, [kʰä̃ːn.käːʱ]

Noun

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ख़ानक़ाह (xānqāhf (Urdu spelling خانقاہ)

  1. (Islam) Sufi monastery

Declension

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Declension of ख़ानक़ाह (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct ख़ानक़ाह
xānqāh
ख़ानक़ाहें
xānqāhẽ
oblique ख़ानक़ाह
xānqāh
ख़ानक़ाहों
xānqāhõ
vocative ख़ानक़ाह
xānqāh
ख़ानक़ाहो
xānqāho

References

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  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “خانقاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.