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Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Ehl-e-khana

अहल-ए-ख़ाना
Meaning

The people of the house; one's household and family.

Literally: 'people of the house'

See it in the verse

Ehl-e-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.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Khandan

A family, lineage, or house; the whole line of one's ancestry and kin.

SANSKRIT

Ghar

A house or home, the dwelling where a family lives.

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