خزاں

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خزان (xazān), probably from Bactrian. First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi خزاں (xzaṉ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɪ.zɑ̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː
• Hyphenation: خِ‧زاں

Noun

خِزاں • (xizā̃) f (Hindi spelling ख़िज़ाँ)

1. fall, autumn (season of the year)
2. autumn, old age

   Antonym: بَہَار (bahār)

3. (figurative) decay

Declension

Declension of خزاں
	singular	plural
direct	خِزاں (xizā̃)	خِزائیں (xizāẽ)
oblique	خِزاں (xizā̃)	خِزاؤں (xizāõ)
vocative	خِزاں (xizā̃)	خِزاؤں (xizāõ)

Further reading

• “خزاں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “خزاں”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]