खान
Hindi
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Sanskrit खानि (khāni, “mine”). Compare Punjabi ਖਾਣ (khāṇ), Gujarati ખાણ (khāṇ), ખાણી (khāṇī), Marathi खाण (khāṇ), and Bengali খাদ (khad).
Pronunciation
Noun
खान • (khān) f
- a mine, quarry
- (deprecated template usage) मेरे पिता लोहे की खान में काम करते थे।
- mere pitā lohe kī khān mẽ kām karte the.
- My father used to work in an iron mine.
- Synonym: खदान (khadān)
- (deprecated template usage)
- treasury; storehouse; repository
- Synonym: भंडार (bhaṇḍār)
Declension
References
- Template:R:Ox HI-EN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press