دواخانه

Persian

Etymology

From (davâ) +‎ (xâne).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.waː.xaː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑː.xɑː.nǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑː.xɑː.nǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɔː.xɔː.nǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒː.xɒː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔ.χɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dawāxāna
Dari reading^?	dawāxāna
Iranian reading^?	davâxâne
Tajik reading^?	davoxona

Noun


Dari	دواخانه
Iranian Persian	داروخانه
Tajik	дорухона

دواخانه • (dawāxāna) (Dari transliteration)

(Dari or archaic) pharmacy, drugstore, dispensary

Descendants

→ Bengali: দাওয়াখানা (daōẇakhana)
→ Gujarati: દવાખાનું (davākhānũ)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दवाख़ाना (davāxānā), दवाखाना (davākhānā) — nuqtaless
- → English: davakhana, dawakhana
- → Telugu: దవాఖానా (davākhānā)
Urdu: دَواخانَہ (davāxāna)
→ Kannada: ದವಾಖಾನೆ (davākhāne)
→ Marathi: दवाखाना (davākhānā)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਦਵਾਖ਼ਾਨਾ (davāxānā), ਦਵਾਖਾਨਾ (davākhānā) — nuqtaless

Shahmukhi script: دَواخانَہ (davāxāna)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دواخانه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دواخانه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul