ख़ानदानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاندانی (xāndānī), from خاندان (xāndān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, [xä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.niː], /kʰɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, [kʰä̃ːn̪.d̪äː.niː]

Adjective

ख़ानदानी • (xāndānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خاندانی)

1. ancestral, hereditary

   यह हमारा ख़ानदानी मकान दो सदियों से रहा है।

   yah hamārā xāndānī makān do sadiyõ se rahā hai.

   This has been our ancestral home for two centuries.

2. of good lineage; of good stock

Related terms

• ख़ानदान (xāndān, “family; lineage”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ानदानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 234