E. Ind. [ad. Urdū (Pers.) tahkhāna nether house.] In India, an underground chamber to which to retire during the heat of the day.
1859. Lang, Wand. India, 196. These walls are those of the ty-khana—a vault beneath the dwelling from which the light is excluded.
1862. Beveridge, Hist. India, III. IX. iv. 629. Their families found good shelter in the tykhanas, or underground rooms.
1913. Blackw. Mag., May, 687/2. Almost under our feet are the tykhanas.
