khanan.
/ˈkɑːnə/ India.
Food, a meal.
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1859 G. F. Atkinson Curry & Rice Pl. 23 (caption) There, now, an invitation to dinner!—to a ‘Burra Khanah’, literally a grand feed.
1888 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw 33 The khansamah went to get me food. He did not go through the pretence of calling it ‘khana’—man's victuals.
1933 Discovery Nov. 349/1 Vital ingredients for the preparation of the khana for the Sahib.
1953 E. M. Forster Hill of Devi 73 The cooking of our Indian khana.
1953 L. Iremonger in Caribbean Anthol. Short Stories 19 At noon they would be eating their khana, sitting over the open fire.
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