kháaṇ mountain; mountain pass; Lowari Pass

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form کھاݨ
Phonetic Form kʰáaɳ
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): -a
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form khaṇḍá- 'broken, crippled; having gaps or chasms; fragment (masc.neut)' (T: 3792) ; skandhá- 'shoulder, upper part of back; trunk of tree, mass (esp. of an army)' (T: 13627)
Variant Form(s) khaṇ, rauléi (Biori)
    • mountain; mountain pass; Lowari Pass
      • Example 113:
        asím akaṭiǰí se ḍoolái kháaṇa pharé langéeli.
        asím
        1pl.erg
        akaṭíǰ
        gather
        -í
        -CV
        se
        REM
        ḍoolái
        carriage
        khaṇ
        mountain.pass
        -a
        -obl
        pharé
        through
        langá
        take.across
        -íl
        -pfv
        -i
        -f
        Together we carried the sedan chair across the mountain pass.
        Source: A:DLX188
      • Example 1152:
        so kháaṇii langí gúum.
        so
        3MSG.nom
        khaṇ
        mountain.pass
        -ii
        -gen
        lang
        cross
        -í
        -CV
        gúum
        go.pfv.MSG
        He left, crossing the Lowari pass.
        Source: A:BEZ132e