ut-√ khan (ud-√ khan) P. -khanati (pf. -cakhāna) to dig up or out, to excavate; to tear out by the roots, root up, [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [Ragh.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to draw or tear out, [Kauś.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to destroy entirely, [Ragh.]; [Rājat.]; [Pañcat.]