balakhanan.
/baləˈkɑːnə/ An upper room in a Persian house, in which travellers are lodged.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of occupant > [noun] > other spec.
family room1772
commercial room1836
balakhana1840
bachelor-room1862
1840 J. B. Fraser Trav. Koordistan I. ii. 31 Desiring that this Khan should have such a suite of rooms..and another such a dellân, or balakhaneh.
1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. xxii. 369 Above the arch was a square-topped room known as the bala hané, which served as quarters for the better class of travellers, as well as a kind of watch~tower.
1921 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 825/2 Very soon our horses were tethered, and champing good dry lucerne under the bala-khaneh of a two-storied guest-house.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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