خانة

See also: خانه, حانة, ـخانة, جانه, and چانه

Arabic

Etymology

From خَان (ḵān, “caravanserai”) +‎ ـَة (-a) in so far as a caravanserai offered a space to fit the camel or horse in.

Noun

خَانَة • (ḵāna) f (plural خَانَات (ḵānāt))

1. space into which a physical object is fitted, cubbyhole
2. space into which data is entered, field, column, box, and the like
3. the entry itself, its informational content
4. the rank of such an entry
5. the place in a numeral string of multiple digits (German Stelle)

Declension

Declension of noun خَانَة (ḵāna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَانَة ḵāna	الْخَانَة al-ḵāna	خَانَة ḵānat
Nominative	خَانَةٌ ḵānatun	الْخَانَةُ al-ḵānatu	خَانَةُ ḵānatu
Accusative	خَانَةً ḵānatan	الْخَانَةَ al-ḵānata	خَانَةَ ḵānata
Genitive	خَانَةٍ ḵānatin	الْخَانَةِ al-ḵānati	خَانَةِ ḵānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَانَتَيْن ḵānatayn	الْخَانَتَيْن al-ḵānatayn	خَانَتَيْ ḵānatay
Nominative	خَانَتَانِ ḵānatāni	الْخَانَتَانِ al-ḵānatāni	خَانَتَا ḵānatā
Accusative	خَانَتَيْنِ ḵānatayni	الْخَانَتَيْنِ al-ḵānatayni	خَانَتَيْ ḵānatay
Genitive	خَانَتَيْنِ ḵānatayni	الْخَانَتَيْنِ al-ḵānatayni	خَانَتَيْ ḵānatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَانَات ḵānāt	الْخَانَات al-ḵānāt	خَانَات ḵānāt
Nominative	خَانَاتٌ ḵānātun	الْخَانَاتُ al-ḵānātu	خَانَاتُ ḵānātu
Accusative	خَانَاتٍ ḵānātin	الْخَانَاتِ al-ḵānāti	خَانَاتِ ḵānāti
Genitive	خَانَاتٍ ḵānātin	الْخَانَاتِ al-ḵānāti	خَانَاتِ ḵānāti