ख़ानदानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خاندانی (xândâni), from خاندان (xândân).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, [xä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.niː], /kʰɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, [kʰä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.niː]

Adjective

ख़ानदानी • (xāndānī)

1. ancestral, hereditary

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   यह हमारा ख़ानदानी मकान दो सदियों से रहा है।

   yah hamārā xāndānī makān do sadiyõ se rahā hai.

   This has been our ancestral home for two centuries.

2. of good lineage; of good stock

Related terms

• ख़ानदान (xāndān, “family; lineage”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ानदानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 234