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

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