karkhana

Préstamo del inglés. Karkhana is a historical term used in South Asian contexts — particularly in Mughal and British colonial India — for a workshop, manufactory, or factory. In the Mughal era, imperial karkhanas produced everything from textiles to weapons to luxury goods for the court. The word persists in historical scholarship and in some South Asian languages as a general term for a workshop or production facility. It's a window into the organized craft and industrial production of pre-modern South Asia.