खजिना

Marathi

Alternative forms

• खजाना (khajānā), खजना (khajnā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خِزَانَه (xizāna), from Arabic خَزِينَة (ḵazīna). Compare Gujarati ખજાનો (khajāno), Hindi ख़ज़ाना (xazānā), Kannada ಖಜಾನೆ (khajāne), Punjabi ਖ਼ਜ਼ਾਨਾ (xazānā) / خَزَانَہ (xazānah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə.d͡ʑi.na/

Noun

खजिना • (khajinā) m

1. treasury

   Synonym: तिजोरी (tij̈orī)

2. treasure

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഖജനാവ് (khajanāvŭ)

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “खजिना”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]