ख़ानाबदोश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خانه‌بهدوش (xāna-ba-dōš). Compare Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਨਾਬਦੋਸ਼ (xānābdoś) / خانہ بدوش (xānābadosh), Gujarati ખાનાબદોશ (khānābdoś).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.nɑː.bə.d̪oːʃ/, [xäː.näː.bɐ.d̪oːʃ], /kʰɑː.nɑː.bə.d̪oːʃ/, [kʰäː.näː.bɐ.d̪oːʃ]

Noun

ख़ानाबदोश • (xānābadoś) m (Urdu spelling خانہ بدوش)

1. wanderer, vagabond, nomad

   Synonyms: बंजारा (bañjārā), यायावर (yāyāvar)

Declension

Declension of ख़ानाबदोश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś
oblique	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś	ख़ानाबदोशों xānābadośõ
vocative	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś	ख़ानाबदोशो xānābadośo

Derived terms

• ख़ानाबदोशी (xānābadośī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 235