खाना khānā
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
To eat, to feed on, to consume, to swallow, to take.
to get, to receive.
To feel, to suffer, to endure.
Eating, food, meal, dinner.
Usual translation
- eat
Origin of the definition
H کهانا खाना khānā [Prk. खाअणअं; S. खादनीयं, rt. खाद्], v.t. To eat, feed on; to consume; to swallow; to drink; to inhale; to take (medicine, or the air, or a bribe, or an oath); to embezzle; (met.) to get, receive; to feel, suffer, endure; to hold, contain; to harass, plague, pester (usually with jān, e.g. jān khānā); — s.m. Eating; food, meal, dinner: — khā-jānā (intens. of khānā), To eat up, swallow up, devour, consume; to embezzle, to make away with; to leave out, omit; to eat away, rub or wear away, corrode, &c.: — khā-lenā, v.t. To eat up, &c. (intens. of khānā, q.v.): — khānā-pīnā, s.m. Meat and drink, food, victuals, fare, board; — khāne-jog, adj. Fit to eat, eatable, edible: — khāne-wālā, or khāne-hārā, or khān-hārā, adj. & s.m. (f. -ī), Eating; corrosive; caustic, escharotic; — eater, feeder, consumer, devourer; a mouth to feed.
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
5550 occurrences
In 1682 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
2368 occurrences
In 566 on 1112 murlis
Mamma
529 occurrences
In 77 on 122 murlis
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