𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *vahanam (“house”), from Proto-Iranian *wāhana (“habitation”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Equivalent to *h₂wes- + *-enom. Compare Sanskrit वसन (vasana, “dwelling, abiding”), Compare also Northern Luri هۏش (höş, “house, home”).

Related to d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”) (from Old Persian *dipi-vahanam), [script needed] (gyʾg /⁠gyāg⁠/, “place”) (whence Persian جا (jâ)).

Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (x’n” /⁠xānā⁠/, “house”), [script needed] (x’n’kh /⁠xānāk⁠/, “house”), Parthian *vān, Khunsari ونه (vane, “dwelling”), Northern Luri هۏنںه (höna, “house”), Bakhtiari هۊنه (hune, “house”) Northern Kurdish xanî (house), Gilaki خنه (xanē, “home”), خومو (xumu, “nest”), خومه (xumē, “place-name suffix”), Mazanderani خنه (xëne, “room”).

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡁𐡉𐡕𐡀 (baytā).

Noun

𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 • (BYTA /xānag/)

1. house

Descendants

• Classical Persian: خَانَه (xāna), خونه (xune) (dialectal, Tehrani), خنه (xana) (dialectal, Mashhad)
  • Dari: خَانَه (xāna)
  • Iranian Persian: خَانِه (xâne), (Tehrani, colloquial) خونِه (xune)
  • Tajik: хона (xona)
  • → Armenian: -խանա (-xana)
  • → Azerbaijani: -xana
  • → Bashkir: -хана (-xana)
  • → Bengali: -খানা (-khana)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ख़ाना (xānā)

    Urdu: خَانَہ (xāna)

  • → Georgian: ხანა (xana), -ხანა (-xana)
  • → Kazakh: -хана (-xana)
  • → Kyrgyz: -кана (-kana)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خانه (hane)
    • Turkish: hane
    • → Laz: ხანე (xane)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ـخانه (-hane)
    • Turkish: -hane
    • → Serbo-Croatian: -àna / -а̀на
  • → Punjabi: خانہ (xāna, khāna) / ਖਾਨਾ (khānā)
  • → Sindhi: خانو (xāno)
  • → Uzbek: -xona
  • → Uyghur: -خانا (-xana)