burra-khana

English

Alternative forms

• burra khana

Etymology

From Hindi बड़ा खाना (baṛā khānā, “big dinner”), from बड़ा (baṛā, “big”) + खाना (khānā, “food, dinner”).

Noun

burra-khana (plural burra-khanas)

1. (India) A great entertainment or feast.
   • 1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere. Part II.”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston, Mass., London: The Edinburgh Society, →OCLC, page 18:

     I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's burra-khana.

   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 47:

     ‘Wasn't a man in town who could put on a burra-khana like he did.’

Related terms

• Burra Din
• khana