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Gymkhana

Social and sporting club in the Indian subcontinent

Social and sporting club in the Indian subcontinent

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Indian subcontinent culture

Gymkhana () (, , , , ) is a British Raj term which originally referred to a place of assembly. The meaning then altered to denote a place where skill-based contests were held. "Gymkhana" is an Anglo-Indian expression, which is derived from the Persian word "Jamat-khana". Most gymkhanas have a Gymkhana Club associated with them, a term coined during the British Raj for gentlemen's club.

More generally, gymkhana refers to a social and sporting club in the Indian subcontinent, and in other Asian countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, and Singapore, as well as in East Africa.

Etymology

The first element of Gymkhana comes from gend meaning ball in Urdu/Hindi/Hindustani/Khariboli. This element is distinct from the English word gym, short for gymnasium and gymnastics which has Greek and Latin roots. The second element, khānā has a Persian origin, meaning a home or a compartment. In Persian, (خانه) is a term for dwelling, house. The court language of the Mughal Empire was Persian.

References

References

  1. (1895). "The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago: And Other Indian Studies". S. Sonnenschein & Company.
  2. Parekh, Rauf. (2021-07-05). "Origin of 'gymkhana' and 'kanjee house'".
  3. Oxford Dictionaries [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1252920#m_en_us1252920 Gymnasium etymology]{{dead link. (September 2022)
  4. From ''Loghat'nāmeh-ye'' [[Ali Akbar Dehkhoda. Dehkhoda]], Third Edition ([[Tehran University Press]], 2006), quoted from ''Borhān-e Ghāte{{''' by [[Mohammad Moin]].
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