खान

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑːn/, [kʰä̃ːn]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀺 (khāṇi), 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀻 (khāṇī), from Sanskrit खानि (khāni, “mine”). Doublet of खनि (khani) and खानि (khāni). Compare Punjabi ਖਾਣ (khāṇ), Gujarati ખાણ (khāṇ), ખાણી (khāṇī), Marathi खाण (khāṇ), and Bengali খাদ (khad).

खान • (khān) f (Urdu spelling کھان)

1. mine, quarry

   Synonym: खदान (khadān)

   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.

2. treasury; storehouse; repository

   Synonym: भंडार (bhaṇḍār)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana, “the act of eating”). Doublet of खाना (khānā) and खादन (khādan).

खान • (khān) m (Urdu spelling کھان) (now rare, chiefly in compounds)

1. food

   खान-पान ― khān-pān ― eating and drinking

• भोजन (bhojan)
• भक्षण (bhakṣaṇ)
• खाना (khānā)
• खादन (khādan)
• आश (āś)
• नमस् (namas)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

खान • (khān) m (Urdu spelling خان)

1. nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, “khan”)

खान • (khān) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling خان)

1. nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, “a surname from Persian, equivalent to English Khan.”)

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “खान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khān”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 204
• Platts, John T. (1884) “खान”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Reborrowed from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), which is itself from Sanskrit खादन (khādana). Doublet of खादन (khādana).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɑː.n̪ɐ/

खान • (khāna) stem, n

1. eating, food

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान

• Monier Williams (1899) “खान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “khāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “खान”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press