खलिहान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खलियान (khaliyān)

Etymology

From Sanskrit खलेधानी (khaledhānī, “threshing-floor”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.lɪ.ɦɑːn/, [kʰɐ.lɪ.ɦä̃ːn]

Noun

खलिहान • (khalihān) m

1. barn; granary

   Synonym: बाड़ी (bāṛī)

Declension

Declension of खलिहान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खलिहान khalihān	खलिहान khalihān
oblique	खलिहान khalihān	खलिहानों khalihānõ
vocative	खलिहान khalihān	खलिहानो khalihāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खलिहान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 230