خوانچه

Persian

Alternative forms

(Iran) خونچه (xunča / xonče), خانچه (xānča / xânče)

Etymology

From (xwān / xân, “tablecloth”) +‎ (-ča / -če, “diminituve suffix”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷaːn.ˈt͡ʃa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːn.t͡ʃʰä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːn.t͡ʃʰe]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [xon.t͡ʃʰe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔn.t͡ʃʰä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwānča
Dari reading^?	xānča
Iranian reading^?	xânče
Tajik reading^?	xonča

Noun

خوانچه • (xwānča / xânče) (Tajik spelling хонча)

(dated) tray, salver
a decorated tray or small table in gatherings such as weddings which food and similar things are placed

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: xonça
- → Armenian: խոնչա (xončʻa)
→ Bengali: খাঞ্চা (khanca)
→ Georgian: ხონჩა (xonča)
→ Gujarati: ખાંચા (khā̃cā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خوانچه (hânçe)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “خوانچه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خوانچه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 481