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<div>{{short description|Gymkhana, originally denoting a place of assembly, popularly refers to a club where men and women participate in skill-based activities.}}<br />
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[[File:Karachi Gymkhana Club in 1890.jpg|thumb|210px|[[Karachi Gymkhana Club]] in 1890.]]<br />
'''Gymkhana''' {{lang-ur|جِمخانہ}}, {{lang-sd|جمخانه}}), ({{lang-hi|जिमख़ाना}}, {{lang-as|জিমখানা}}, {{lang-bn|জিমখানা}}, is a British Raj term which originally referred to a place of assembly. The meaning then altered to denote a place where skill-based contests were held. "Gymkhana" is an [[Anglo-Indian]] expression, which is derived from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word "''[[Jama'at Khana|Jamat-khana]]''".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/globetrotterinin00macmrich|page=[https://archive.org/details/globetrotterinin00macmrich/page/91 91]|title=The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago: And Other Indian Studies|publisher=S. Sonnenschein & Company|last1=MacMillan|first1=Michael|year=1895}}</ref> Most gymkhanas have a Gymkhana Club associated with them, a term coined during [[British Raj]] for [[gentlemen's club]].<br />
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More generally, gymkhana 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.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
[[File:Bombay-Gymnkhana.jpg|thumb| [[Bombay Gymkhana]] or Bombay Gym]]<br />
The first element of ''Gymkhana'' comes from ''gend'' meaning ''ball'' in [[Hindustani language|Hindi/Hindustani/Khariboli]].{{cn|date=November 2020}} This element is distinct from English word ''[[gym]]'', short for ''gymnasium'' and ''[[gymnastics]]'' which has Greek and Latin roots.<ref>Oxford Dictionaries [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1252920#m_en_us1252920 Gymnasium etymology]</ref> The second element, ''khānā'' has a Persian origin, meaning a home or a compartment. In [[Persian language|Persian]], (خانه) is a term for ''dwelling, house''.<ref>From ''Loghat'nāmeh-ye'' [[Ali Akbar Dehkhoda|Dehkhoda]], Third Edition ([[Tehran University Press]], 2006), quoted from ''Borhān-e Ghāte' '' by [[Mohammad Moin]].</ref> The court language of the Mughal Empire was Persian.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of India's gentlemen's clubs]]<br />
* [[Hindu Gymkhana (disambiguation)|Hindu Gymkhana]]<br />
* [[Bombay Gymkhana]], Mumbai<br />
* [[Delhi Gymkhana]], Delhi<br />
* [[HUDA]] Gymkhana Club, Sonipat<br />
* [[Golaghat Gymkhana]], Assam<br />
* [[Gymkhana Club, Chennai|Chennai Gymkhana Club]]<br />
* [[Madras Gymkhana Club]], Chennai<br />
* [[Gymkhana Ground, Rangoon]], Myanmar<br />
* [[Jamalpur Gymkhana]], Bihar<br />
* [[Jorhat Gymkhana Club]], Assam<br />
* [[Karachi Gymkhana Club]], Pakistan<br />
* [[Lahore Gymkhana Club]], Pakistan<br />
* [[Nairobi Gymkhana Club]], Kenya<br />
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