خوانچه

Persian

Alternative forms

• خونچه (xunče)

Etymology

From خوان (xân) +‎ ـچه (če).

Noun

خوانچه • (xânče)

1. tray, salver

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xonça
  • → Armenian: խոնչա (xončʻa)
• → Bengali: খাঞ্চা (khanca)
• → Georgian: ხონჩა (xonča)
• → Gujarati: ખાંચા (khā̃cā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خنچر (hançe)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوانچه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 481