Where does “যেখান” come from?

যেখান (Bengali) comes from Bengali -খান, from Sanskrit खण्ड — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...

যেখান (Bengali): relative where, which place; wherever

Definitions

  1. relative where, which place; wherever

Ancestry of “যেখান”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengali-খানclassifier for inanimate objects
2Sanskritखण्डchip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
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