Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burra-khana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: bur-ra-khana
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A great entertainment or feast.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's burra-khana."
"‘Wasn't a man in town who could put on a burra-khana like he did.’"

Etymology

From Hindi बड़ा खाना (baṛā khānā, “big dinner”), from बड़ा (baṛā, “big”) + खाना (khānā, “food, dinner”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: बड़ा खाना

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

burra-khanas (plural) burra khana (alternative)

Phrases

Burra Din

Frequently Paired Words

Burra Din khana

Questions

What does burra-khana mean?: A great entertainment or feast.
Where does burra-khana come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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