Gymkhana

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This article is about Indian subcontinent culture. For other uses, see Gymkhana (disambiguation).

Gymkhana (derived from the Hindustani word for "racket court"[1]) is an Indian term which originally referred to a place where sporting events take place. The meaning then altered to denote a place where skill-based contests were held.

In India, the term gymkhana is commonly used to refer to a gymnasium. More generally, gymkhana referred (and still refers) to a social and sporting club in the Indian subcontinent, and in other Asian countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Burma and Singapore, as well as in East Africa.

In English-speaking countries, a gymkhana refers to a multi-game equestrian event performed to display the training and talents of horses and their riders.

The first element of gymkhana comes from gend meaning ball in Hindi. By semantic association, this element has been assimilated to the English word gym, short for gymnasium and gymnastics. The second element, khāna, or khāneh, is Hindi for home, and derives from Pahlavi khānak, which is from the Old Persian word Āhana.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ From Loghat'nāmeh-ye Dehkhoda, Third Edition (Tehran University Press, 2006), quoted from Borhān-e Ghāte' by Dr Mohammad Moin.

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