Thana

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɑːnÉ™/

Origin

From Hindi.

Full definition of thana

Noun

1. An Indian military outpost.
2. A police station, or a police jurisdiction in India.
• 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 387:To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.

Related terms

• thanadar

Anagrams

• Ahtna
• athan, Athan