tykhanan.
/tʌɪˈkɑːnə/, U.S. /taɪˈkɑnə/, Indian English /θəhˈkhaːna/ East India.
In India, an underground chamber to which to retire during the heat of the day.
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1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 196 These walls are those of the ty-khana—a vault beneath the dwelling from which the light is excluded.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 629 Their families found good shelter in the tykhanas, or under~ground rooms.
1913 Blackwood's Mag. May 687/2 Almost under our feet are the tykhanas.
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