ख़िज़ाँ

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • ख़ज़ाँ (xazā̃)
  • ख़िज़ां (xizā̃), ख़ज़ां (xazā̃)anusvara form
  • ख़िजाँ (xijā̃), खिज़ाँ (khizā̃), खिजाँ (khijā̃), ख़िजां (xijā̃), खिज़ां (khizā̃), खिजां (khijā̃)nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خزان, probably from Bactrian. First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi خزاں (xzaṉ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /xɪ.zɑ̃ː/, [xɪ.zä̃ː], /kʰɪ.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [kʰɪ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /xə.zɑ̃ː/, [xɐ.zä̃ː], /kʰə.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [kʰɐ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /xɪ.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [xɪ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /kʰɪ.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [kʰɪ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /xə.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [xɐ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /kʰə.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [kʰɐ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /kʰɪ.zɑ̃ː/, [kʰɪ.zä̃ː], /kʰɪ.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [kʰɪ.d͡ʒä̃ː], /kʰə.zɑ̃ː/, [kʰɐ.zä̃ː], /kʰə.d͡ʒɑ̃ː/, [kʰɐ.d͡ʒä̃ː]

Noun

ख़िज़ाँ • (xizā̃f (Urdu spelling خزاں)

  1. fall (season), autumn
  2. decay
  3. (figurative) autumn, old age
    Antonyms: बहार (bahār), बहाराँ (bahārā̃)

References

  1. ^ ख़िज़ाँ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.