chaikhana

English

Alternative forms

• chaykhana

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چایخانه (čāyxāna).

Noun

chaikhana (plural chaikhanas)

1. A teahouse in parts of Central Asia.
   • 2013, Lucy Renner Jones, translating Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Death in Persia, Seagull Books 2013, p. 18:

     On the other bank, opposite our camp, a chaikhana is set on a pile of shingle.

Translations

teahouse

• Polish: czajchana f