ख़ानक़ाह

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • ख़ान्क़ाह (xānqāh)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ख़ानक़ाह • (xānqāh) f (Urdu spelling خانقاہ)

  1. (Islam) Sufi monastery

Declension

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

References

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