gymkhana
pronunciation
How to pronounce gymkhana in British English:
UK [dʒɪmˈkɑ:nə]
How to pronounce gymkhana in American English:
US [dʒɪmˈkɑnə]
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- Noun:
- a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes
Word Origin
- gymkhana
- gymkhana: [19] The British brought the word gymkhana back with them from India, where they found it as Hindi gendkhāna, literally ‘ballhouse’, the name given to a racket court. The first syllable gym- is generally assumed to be an alteration of gend- on the analogy of gymnasium. The term was originally used for a ‘sports ground’; the current sense ‘horse-riding contest’ seems to have developed after World War I.
- gymkhana (n.)
- 1854, Anglo-Indian, said to be from Hindustani gend-khana, literally "ball house," said in Yule & Burnell's 1886 glossary of Anglo-Indian words to be "the name usually given in Hindu to an English racket-court." The second element is from Middle Persian khan "house," from Iranian *ahanam "seat," from PIE *es- "to sit." Altered in English by influence of gymnasium, etc.
Example
- 1. Civilized language environment of gymkhana is an important component of humanistic olympics .
- 2. The things is this video are done at every jumping , gymkhana , rodeo and horse show that I have ever seen or been to .
- 3. This paper sums up the present condition of uncivil language phenomenon of the audience in our country gymkhana , specifies the causes of uncivil language phenomenon and put forwards the measures to improve civilized language environment .