ख़ानगी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xānagī). Cognate with Bengali খানকি (khanoki)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑːn.ɡiː/, [xä̃ːn.ɡiː], /kʰɑːn.ɡiː/, [kʰä̃ːn.ɡiː]

Adjective

ख़ानगी • (xāngī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خانگی)

domestic, private, confined to the household

Noun

ख़ानगी • (xāngī) f (Urdu spelling خانگی)

prostitute
Synonym: वेश्या (veśyā)

Declension

Declension of *ख़ानगी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ानगी xāngī	ख़ानगियाँ xāngiyā̃
oblique	ख़ानगी xāngī	ख़ानगियों xāngiyõ
vocative	ख़ानगी xāngī	ख़ानगियो xāngiyo

References

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