machan
machan noun: a kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
Noun
machan (plural machans)
Proper noun capitalized: Machan
Machan (plural Machans)
- A surname from Czech.
machan meaning in Hindi and Bengali
machan in Hindi
- machan
- मचान macān
machan in Bengali
- গাছের উপর নির্মিত মঞ্চ, মাচা
Forms of machan
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | machans |
| alternative form | machhan |
| alternative form | muchan |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Machans |
Origin of machan
Borrowed from Hindi मचान (macān, “platform”).
From Czech Macháň or Machaň.
Questions about machan
- What does machan mean?
- Machan means a kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
- What is machan in Hindi?
- Machan in Hindi is मचान (macān). See Machan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is machan?
- Machan can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of machan?
- The plural of machan is machans.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: machan (page history and authors); Machan (page history and authors); मचान (Hindi) (page history and authors); machan (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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