ख़ानाबदोश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xāna-ba-dōš). Compare Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਨਾਬਦੋਸ਼ (xānābdoś) / خانہ بدوش (xānābadosh), Gujarati ખાનાબદોશ (khānābdoś).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.nɑː.bə.d̪oːʃ/, [xäː.näː.bɐ.d̪oːʃ], /kʰɑː.nɑː.bə.d̪oːʃ/, [kʰäː.näː.bɐ.d̪oːʃ]

Noun

ख़ानाबदोश • (xānābadoś) m (Urdu spelling خانہ بدوش)

wanderer, vagabond, nomad
Synonyms: बंजारा (bañjārā), यायावर (yāyāvar)

Declension

Declension of *ख़ानाबदोश* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś
oblique	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś	ख़ानाबदोशों xānābadośõ
vocative	ख़ानाबदोश xānābadoś	ख़ानाबदोशो xānābadośo

Derived terms

ख़ानाबदोशी (xānābadośī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 235