Punjabi

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit खादति (khādati). Cognate with Urdu کھانا (khānā).

Verb

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کھاݨا (khāṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਾਣਾ)

  1. to eat

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit खाद्य (khādya).

Noun

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کھاݨا (khāṇām (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਾਣਾ)

  1. food

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀅 (khāa) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit खाद् (khād).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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کھانا (khānā) (Hindi spelling खाना)

  1. to eat
  2. to take (medicine etc.)

Conjugation

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  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Noun

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کھانا (khānām (Hindi spelling खाना)

  1. food
  2. meal

Declension

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Declension of کھانا
singular plural
direct کھانا (khānā) کھانے (khāne)
oblique کھانے (khāne) کھانوں (khānõ)
vocative کھانے (khāne) کھانو (khāno)

Further reading

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  • کھانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کھانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کهانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.