میخانہ

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi میخانہ, borrowed from Classical Persian میخانه (mayxāna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɛː.xɑːn.ɑ(ː)/

Noun

مَیخَانہ • (maixāna) m (Hindi spelling मैख़ाना)

1. tavern
2. wine cellar

Declension

Declension of میخانہ
	singular	plural
direct	میخانہ (maixānah)	میخانے (maixāne)
oblique	میخانے (maixāne)	میخانوں (maixānõ)
vocative	میخانے (maixāne)	میخانو (maixāno)

Further reading

• “میخانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “میخانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مے”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1103