خاکنائے

Urdu

Etymology

Probably coined after آبنای (âbnây), from a compound of خاک (xâk, “earth, dirt”) + نای (nây, “lane, throat, pipe”).

Pronunciation

Noun

خاکْنائے • (xāknāe) m (Hindi spelling ख़ाक्नाए)

  1. (geography) isthmus
    خاکنائے بانامہ ― xāknāē pānāmā ― the Isthmus of Panama
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