কুলখানি

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Persian قل خوانی (qul khawānī), each from Arabic قُلْ (qul) (in reference to the Four Quls of the Qur'an) + Classical Persian خوانی (khawānī, “reading, recitation”) (ultimately from خواندن (khwāndan, “to read”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

কুলখানি • (qulkhani) (objective কুলখানি (kulkhani) or কুলখানিকে (kulkhanike), genitive কুলখানির (kulkhanir), locative কুলখানিতে (kulkhanite))

  1. A Qur'an recitation ritual for the deceased common among Muslims of South Asia.

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: qulkhwani

References[edit]

  • Zaman, Niaz. "কুলখানি". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. →ISBN. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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