Persian · noun, masculine · The Tavern & the Cup
Khumkhaana
ख़ुमख़ाना
said khum-khaa-na
also written: Khumkhana
Meaning
A wine-cellar or tavern where the vats are kept; a poetic name for the house of mystical wine.
Literally: house of the vat
Usage & notes
The khumkhana, storehouse of the great vats, is another name for the tavern of the spirit. In the mystical idiom it is where the seasoned wine of divine love is kept and dispensed.
Related words
PERSIAN
Khum
A large wine-vat or jar in which wine is aged; emblem of the source of endless intoxication.
PERSIAN
Maikhaana
A tavern, the wine-house; the mystic gathering-place opposed to the mosque's austerity.
PERSIAN
Kharaabaat
The tavern quarter, the ruined haunt of drunkards; in Sufi verse the station of ecstatic self-loss.