# खान
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʰɑːn/, [kʰä̃ːn]

### Etymology 1

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).

#### Noun

खान • (khān) f (Urdu spelling کھان)
* 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.
* treasury; storehouse; repository
    Synonym: भंडार (bhaṇḍār)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

खान • (khān) m (Urdu spelling کھان) (now rare, chiefly in compounds)
* food
    खान-पान ― khān-pān ― eating and drinking

##### Synonyms

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

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

खान • (khān) m (Urdu spelling خان)
* nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, “khan”)

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

खान • (khān) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling خان)
* nuqtaless form of ख़ान (xān, “a surname from Persian, equivalent to English Khan”)

##### Declension

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

### Further reading

* 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, 2025.
* 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.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* খান (Assamese script)
* ᬔᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
* খান (Bengali script)
* 𑰏𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀔𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ခါန (Burmese script)
* ખાન (Gujarati script)
* ਖਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌖𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦑꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂎𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಖಾನ (Kannada script)
* ខាន (Khmer script)
* ຂານ (Lao script)
* ഖാന (Malayalam script)
* ᡘᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘏𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠻᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦯𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐏𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଖାନ (Odia script)
* ꢓꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆒𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖏𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
* ඛාන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩝𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚋𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
* க²ாந (Tamil script)
* ఖాన (Telugu script)
* ขาน (Thai script)
* ཁཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒐𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨌𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Sanskritization of Prakrit खाण (khāṇa), which is itself from Sanskrit खादन (khādana). Doublet of खादन (khādana).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʰɑː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kʰɑː.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

खान • (khāna) stem, n
* eating, food
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “खान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “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