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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Traditional space where food is eaten}}<br />
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A '''dastarkhān''' ([[Persian language|Persian]] / [[Urdu language|Urdu]]: دسترخوان, {{langx|tg|дастархон}}, {{langx|ba|дастархан|dastarxan}}, {{langx|ky|дасторкон}}, {{langx|hi|दस्तरख़्वान}}, {{langx|kk|дастарқан}}, {{langx|bn|দস্তরখান}}, {{langx|uz|dasturxon}}, {{langx|ne|दस्तरखान}}) or '''dastarkhwān''' is the name used across [[Central Asia]] and [[South Asia]] to refer to the traditional [[Dining room|dining space]] where food is eaten.<ref name="auto">Ken Albala. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zG1H75z0EYYC&dq=Dastarkhan+turkic&pg=RA2-PA49 ''Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia: Four Volumes''] ABC-CLIO, 25 mei 2011 {{ISBN|978-0313376276}} p 49</ref><ref name="auto1">Suad Joseph, Afsāna Naǧmābādī. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bzXzWgVajnQC&dq=Dastarkhan+traditional+central+asian+cuisine&pg=PA285 ''Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, Body, Sexuality And Health, Volume 3''] BRILL, 2003 {{ISBN|978-9004128194}} p 285</ref><ref name="auto2">Glenn Randall Mack, Asele Surina. [https://books.google.com/books?id=j7MTx_zcIR0C&dq=Dastarkhan+turkic&pg=PA39 ''Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia''] Greenwood Publishing Group, 1 jan. 2005 {{ISBN|978-0313327735}} p 39</ref> The term is a word of [[Persian languages|Persian]] origin meaning the [[tablecloth]] which is spread on the ground, floor, or table as a sanitary surface for food.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/> <br />
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The [[Mughal India]]n cookbook ''Dastarkhwan-e-Awadh'', which details the [[Awadhi cuisine]] of [[Lucknow]], emphasized the importance of the dastarkhwan.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Everaert |first1=Christine |title=Tracing the Boundaries Between Hindi and Urdu: Lost and Added in Translation Between 20th Century Short Stories |date=2010 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |isbn=9789004177314 |page=75 |language=English}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Central Asian cuisine]]<br />
*[[South Asian cuisine]]<br />
*[[Bengali cuisine]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Nepalese cuisine]]<br />
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[[Category:Afghan cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Kazakh cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Kyrgyz cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Turkmen cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Uzbekistani cuisine]]<br />
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