# खाना
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʰɑː.nɑː/, [kʰäː.näː]
* Audio (India):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana, “the act of eating; food”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Doublet of खान (khān) and खादन (khādan).

#### Noun

खाना • (khānā) m (Urdu spelling کھانا)
* food, meal
    इस होटल में अच्छा खाना मिल सकता है।is hoṭal mẽ acchā khānā mil saktā hai.You can get good food in this hotel.

##### Synonyms

* भोजन (bhojan)
* भक्षण (bhakṣaṇ)
* खादन (khādan)
* आश (āś)
* आहार (āhār)
* नमस् (namas)

##### Descendants

* → Assamese: খানা (khana)
* → Bengali: খানা (khana)

### Etymology 2

* Hindi verb set
* खाना (khānā)
* खिलाना (khilānā)
* खिलवाना (khilvānā)
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), from Sanskrit खादति (khādati). Cognate with Konkani खाव्चे (khāvce), Gujarati ખાવું (khāvũ), Marathi खाणे (khāṇe), Sindhi کائِڻُ / खाइणु, Punjabi ਖਾਣਾ (khāṇā) / کھانا (khānā), Nepali खानु (khānu), Garhwali खाणु (khāṇu), Bhojpuri खाईल (khāīl), Bengali খাওয়া (khaōẇa), Assamese খা (kha), Sylheti ꠈꠣꠃꠣ (xáua), Rajbanshi खाबा, Sinhalese කනවා (kanawā), Dhivehi ކަނީ (kanī).

#### Verb

खाना • (khānā) (Urdu spelling کھانا)
* to eat, subsist on
    हिन्दू धर्म के अनुसार, गाय का माँस नहीं खाना चाहिए।hindū dharm ke anusār, gāy kā mā̃s nahī̃ khānā cāhie.According to the Hindu religion, you should not eat beef.
* (idiomatic) to obtain (usually by wrong means)
    पैसे खाना ― paise khānā ― to obtain money by wrong means
* to accept, receive (often of physical violence)
    थप्पड़ खाना ― thappaṛ khānā ― to be slapped

##### Conjugation

$^1$The participles खाये (khāye), खायी (khāyī) and खायीं (khāyī̃) can also be spelled without the y: खाए (khāe), खाई (khāī) and खाईं (khāī̃).
$^1$The participles खाये (khāye), खायी (khāyī) and खायीं (khāyī̃) can also be spelled without the y: खाए (khāe), खाई (khāī) and खाईं (khāī̃). $^2$The forms खाये (khāye) and खायें (khāyẽ) can also be spelled without the y: खाए (khāe) and खाएँ (khāẽ). $^3$The forms खािये (khāiye) and खाियेगा (khāiyegā) can also be spelled without the y: खािए (khāie) and खािएगा (khāiegā). $^4$The forms खायेगा (khāyegā), खायेंगे (khāyeṅge), खायेगी (khāyegī) and खायेंगी (khāyeṅgī) can also be spelled without the y: खाएगा (khāegā), खाएँगे (khāeṅge), खाएगी (khāegī) and खाएँगी (khāeṅgī).

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

खाना • (khānā) m
* nuqtaless form of ख़ाना (xānā)

### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “खाना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खाना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* “खाना”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “खाना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khā́dati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khādana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خانه (xāna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰa.na/

### Noun

खाना • (khānā) m
* place

### Further reading

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खाना”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰänä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: खाना

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Khasa Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana, “the act of eating; food”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Related to खानु (khānu, “to eat”).

#### Noun

खाना • (khānā)
* food

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian خانه (xāne).

#### Noun

खाना • (khānā)
* compartment

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “खाना”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “खाना”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar