تہہ خانہ

Urdu

Etymology

From تہہ (tah, “below”) +‎ خانہ (xānah, “area”).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَہہ خانَہ • (tah xānah) m (Hindi spelling तहख़ाना)

  1. basement
  2. cellar, underground chamber

Descendants
  • → English: tahkhana (“underground room”)

References
  • “تہہ+خانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “تہہ+خانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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