خاکنائے

Urdu

Etymology

Probably coined after آبنای‎ (âbnây), from a compound of خاک‎ (xâk, “earth, dirt”) + نای‎ (nây, “lane, throat, pipe”).

Noun

خاکنائے • (xāknāē) m

  1. (geography) isthmus
    ‏خاکنائے بانامہ‎ ― xāknāē pānāmā ― the Isthmus of Panama
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