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Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History

But-khana

बुतख़ाना
said but-KHAA-na
also written: butkhana, butkhanah, but-khaana
Meaning

An idol-temple; a house of images, often the temple of the beloved in poetry.

Literally: House of idols.

See it in the verse

But-khana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · Selfhood
Related words
SANSKRIT

Mandir

A Hindu temple, the house of worship of an image of a deity.

PERSIAN

Sanam-Khana

A temple of idols; a house of images or of the beloved.

ARABIC

Kaaba

The cube-shaped House of God at Mecca, the holiest site of Islam and focus of the pilgrimage.

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