hʾn'

See also: ḥnꜥ

Middle Persian

Etymology

Clipping of 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 (xānag, “lodgement”).

An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”).[1]

Noun

hʾn' • (xān)[2][3]

  1. house, dwelling

Descendants
  • Persian: خان (xân)
    • → Gujarati: ખાન (khān), ખાં (khā̃)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: ख़ान (xān)
      Urdu: خان (xān)

References
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 340-1; 345
  2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
  3. 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 (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 648b
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