خانی

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.ˈniː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.níː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.níː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.ní]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.níː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xānī
Dari reading^?	xānī
Iranian reading^?	xâni
Tajik reading^?	xoni

Etymology 1

From (xān / xân, “khan”) +‎ (-ī / -i, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Noun

خانی • (xānī / xâni) (Tajik spelling хонӣ)

khanship
Synonym: خانیت (xāniyyat / xâniyat)

Etymology 2

Noun

خانی • (xānī / xâni) (Tajik spelling хонӣ)

spring
Synonym: چشمه (čašma / češme)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “خانی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press