خانات

Arabic

Noun

خَانَات • (ḵānāt) pl

1. plural of خَان (ḵān)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَانَات (ḵānāt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ˈnɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.nɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.nɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.nɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	xānāt
Dari reading?	xānāt
Iranian reading?	xânât
Tajik reading?	xonot

Noun

Dari	خانات
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хонот

خانات • (xânât)

1. plural of خان (xân, “caravanserai”)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خانات”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press