hʾn'

Middle Persian

Etymology

Clipping of 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 (xānag, “lodgement”).

Noun

hʾn' • (xān)

1. house, dwelling

Descendants

• Persian: خان (xân)
  • → Gujarati: ખાન (khān), ખાં (khā̃)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ख़ान (xān)

    Urdu: خان (xān)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خان”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 648b