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 cask in which wine is stored and aged; the great reservoir of the tavern.
PERSIAN
Maikhaana
The tavern or wine-house; in Sufi symbolism, the place of mystical gathering and divine intoxication, set against the mosque and seminary.
PERSIAN
Kharaabaat
The tavern or wine-quarter, literally 'the ruins'; in Sufi poetry the place of self-annihilation where the wine of divine love is served.