خاندان

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaːn.ˈdaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːn̪.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːn̪.d̪ɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːn̪.d̪ɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔn̪.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xāndān
Dari reading^?	xāndān
Iranian reading^?	xândân
Tajik reading^?	xondon

Noun


Iranian Persian	خاندان
Dari	خاندان
Tajik	хонадон

خانْدان • (xândân)

family
clan

Synonyms

خانواده (xânevâde)
فامیل (fâmil)
قوم (qowm)

Descendants

→ Bengali: খানদান (khanodan)
→ Gujarati: ખાનદાન (khāndān)
→ Uzbek: xonadon
→ Turkish: hanedan

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian (xāndān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xɑn.d̪ɑn/, [xɑn.d̪ɑn]
Hyphenation: خان‧دان

Noun

خاندان • (xāndān) ?

family

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xāndān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːn.d̪ɑːn/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Hyphenation: خان‧دان

Noun

خانْدان • (xāndān) m (Hindi spelling ख़ानदान)

(chiefly) family
dynasty, lineage
(loosely) household

Declension

Declension of **خاندان**
	singular	plural
direct	خاندان (xāndān)	خاندان (xāndān)
oblique	خاندان (xāndān)	خاندانوں (xāndānõ)
vocative	خاندان (xāndān)	خاندانو (xāndāno)

References

“خاندان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“خاندان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.