gymkhana
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Etymology edit
From Hindustani گیند خانہ (gendxānā) / गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā, “racquet court”), from گیند / गेंद (gend, “ball”) + خانہ / ख़ाना (xānā, “court”). Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium.
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gymkhana (plural gymkhanas)
- (equestrianism) A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
- 1900, Winston Churchill, chapter 13, in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria:
- In the afternoon the British held athletic sports, an impromptu military tournament, and a gymkhana, all of which caused much merriment and diversion, and the Boers profited by the cessation of the shell fire to shovel away at their trenches.
- (India, Myanmar, dated) A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
- 1914, John Law, chapter XVI, in Modern Hyderabad (Deccan), Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co:
- These privileged gentlemen have a fine club on the Fateh Maidan, a suburb of Hyderabad city, and they enjoy sports and races at the local gymkhana, in fact, they have a very good time, if one may judge by their appearance.
- (India, Myanmar, dated) A meeting for such sports.
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- gymkhana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gymkhana in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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gymkhana m (plural gymkhanas)
Further reading edit
- “gymkhana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.