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tykhanas

tykhanas is the plural of tykhana.

Meaning of tykhana

Noun

tykhana (plural tykhanas)

  1. (India) An underground chamber in which to keep cool during the heat of the day.
    • The ‘basement’ Mr Prashad had saved from destruction seems in fact to have been the largest and best preserved Mughal tykhana to have survived in Delhi up to the present day […].1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 125

Questions about tykhanas

What is tykhanas the plural of?
Tykhanas is the plural of tykhana.

Words near tykhanas in the dictionary

  1. tyiyns
  2. tyke
  3. Tykeia
  4. tykes
  5. tykhana
  6. tykhanas
  7. Tykhon
  8. tykish
  9. tyl-
  10. tylakoid
  11. tylari

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