خانقاہ

See also: خانقاه

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَانَقَاه (ḵānaqāh), from Classical Persian خانگاه (xānagāh), from خانه (xāna) +‎ ـگاه (-gāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.nə.qɑːɦ/, /xɑːn.qɑːɦ/

Noun

خانَقاہ or خانْقاہ • (xānaqāh or xānqāh) f (Hindi spelling ख़ानक़ाह or ख़ान्क़ाह)

1. a convent for Sufi recluses; khanaqah
2. a convent, monastery, a religious establishment for holy men

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “خانقاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “خانقاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.