خزانہ

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi خزانہ (xizāna),[1] borrowed from Classical Persian خِزَانَه (xizāna), from Arabic خِزَانَة (ḵizāna).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xə.zɑː.nɑ(ː)/
    • (dated) IPA(key): /xɪ.zɑː.nɑ(ː)/
  • Hyphenation: خَ‧زَا‧نَہ

Noun

خَزَانَہ • (xazāna) m (formal plural خَزَائِن (xazāin), Hindi spelling ख़ज़ाना)

  1. treasure
  2. treasury
  3. a reservoir
  4. a magazine; chamber (of a gun)
  5. tax; levy
  6. (figuratively) possession

Declension

Declension of خزانہ
singular plural
direct خَزَانَہ (xazānah) خَزَانے (xazāne)
oblique خَزَانے (xazāne) خَزَانوں (xazānõ)
vocative خَزَانے (xazāne) خَزَانو (xazāno)

Descendants

  • → Kannada: ಖಜಾನೆ (khajāne)
  • → Tamil: கஜானா (kajāṉā)
  • → Telugu: ఖజానా (khajānā)
  • → Tulu: ಖಜಾನೆ (khajāne), ഖജാനെ (khajāne)

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root خ ز ن (0 c, 2 e)

References

  1. ^ “خزانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

More information
  • “خزانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خزانہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “خزانه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 489
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “خزانه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “خزانه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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