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Multiple Lane's Lexicon entries share the spelling خانقاه, distinguished by diacritics. Select the entry that matches the word you're looking for.

• خَانَقَاهٌ

  خَانَقَاهٌ and خَانَقَاهِىٌّ: see art. خنق.…

• خَانَقَاهٌ

  خَانَقَاهٌ A convent inhabited by righteous and good men, and Soofees; an arabicized word, from [the Persian] خَانَهْ گَاهْ; [and post-classical, for] El-Makreezee says that the خانقاه was instituted in the fifth century…