ख़ानदानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (xândâni), from ‎ (xândân).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/, /xɑːn.d̪ɑː.niː/

Adjective

ख़ानदानी • (xāndānī)

ancestral, hereditary
यह हमारा ख़ानदानी मकान दो सदियों से रहा है।
yah hamārā xāndānī makān do sadiyõ se rahā hai.
This has been our ancestral home for two centuries.
of good lineage; of good stock

Related terms

ख़ानदान (xāndān, “family; lineage”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ख़ानदानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 234

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