خاندان

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑːn.ˈdɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːn̪.d̪ɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːn̪.d̪ɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔn̪.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāndān
Dari reading?	xāndān
Iranian reading?	xândân
Tajik reading?	xondon

Noun

Dari	خاندان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хонадон

خانْدان • (xândân)

1. family
2. clan

Synonyms

• خانواده (xânevâde)
• فامیل (fâmil)
• قوم (qowm)

Descendants

• → Bengali: খানদান (khanodan)
• → Gujarati: ખાનદાન (khāndān)
• → Uzbek: xonadon
• → Turkish: hanedan

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian خاندان (xāndān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɑn.d̪ɑn/, [xɑn.d̪ɑn]
• Hyphenation: خان‧دان

Noun

خاندان • (xāndān) ?

1. family

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَانْدَان (xāndān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːn.d̪ɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: خان‧دان

Noun

خانْدان • (xāndān) m (Hindi spelling ख़ानदान)

1. (chiefly) family
2. dynasty, lineage
3. (loosely) household

Declension

Declension of خاندان

	singular	plural
direct	خاندان (xāndān)	خاندان (xāndān)
oblique	خاندان (xāndān)	خاندانوں (xāndānõ)
vocative	خاندان (xāndān)	خاندانو (xāndāno)

References

• “خاندان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خاندان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.