-ხანა

From Persian خانه‎ (xâne, “house”).

• IPA^(key): /xana/
• Hyphenation: -ხა‧ნა

-ხანა • (-xana)

1. A nominal suffix deriving terms for a particular facility or place for some determined purpose, mostly for drinks. No longer productive,

   ‎ლუდი (ludi, “beer”) + ‎-ხანა (-xana) → ‎ლუდხანა (ludxana, “alehouse, beer pub”)

   ‎ყავა (q̇ava, “coffee”) + ‎-ხანა (-xana) → ‎ყავახანა (q̇avaxana, “coffee house”)

   ‎ჩაი (čai, “tea”) + ‎-ხანა (-xana) → ‎ჩაიხანა (čaixana, “teahouse, tea shop”)

   ‎ზარაფი (zarapi, “money changer or lender”) + ‎-ხანა (-xana) → ‎ზარაფხანა (zarapxana, “place where money changers and lenders did their business”)

Even though words like ქარხანა (karxana, “factory”) and ჯაბახანა (ǯabaxana, “arsenal”) also contain this morpheme, they cannot be broken down into parts in Georgian as words such as *ქარ- (*kar-) or *ჯაბა- (*ǯaba-) do not exist, hence it being difficult to look at them as derivatives from the suffix.