خانقاہ

See also: خانقاه

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.nə.qɑːɦ/, /xɑːn.qɑːɦ/

Noun

خانَقاہ or خانْقاہ • (xānaqāh or xānqāh) f (Hindi spelling ख़ानक़ाह or ख़ान्क़ाह)

a convent for Sufi recluses; khanaqah
a convent, monastery, a religious establishment for holy men

References

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

Further reading

Platts, John T. (1884) “خانقاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
“خانقاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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