Word Meaning
ख़ानमाँ
khaanmaan
hinoun
Meaning
Household, home, domestic property, or family possessions.
Detailed Meaning
Denotes one's home, household, or domestic wealth and property. In classical poetry, it represents the settled domestic life and worldly security that the mad lover renounces. In this couplet, it refers to the mundane desire for an established house or shelter.
Etymology
Persian (خانمان / khānumān), derived from terms relating to dwelling, house, and possessions.
Usage
Commonly deployed in the ghazal alongside tropes of ruin, floods, or madness to depict the abandonment of domestic attachments.
Examples
The flood of passion swept away the entire household.
A wanderer in the desert carries no thought of home and hearth.
Synonyms
घर-बारगृहस्थीकाशानाआशियाना
Related Words
ख़ाना-ख़राबख़ाना-ब-दोशहवस