Etymology

khana

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Today it means: food, a meal Full definition →

Hindustani ← Sanskrit खादन ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷh₂ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*kʰād-
  3. Sanskrit · derived fromखादन
  4. Hindustani · borrowed from
  5. English todaykhana

Borrowed from Hindustani کھانا (khānā) / खाना (khānā), from Sanskrit खादन (khādana), from खाद् (khād, “to eat”, root) + -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ed-.

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