شفاخانه

Persian

Regional synonyms of "hospital"
Dari	شفاخانه
Iranian Persian	بیمارستان
Tajik	бемористон

Etymology

From (šifā / šafâ, “healing”) +‎ (xāna / xâne, “house of”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃi.faː.xaː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɑː.xɑː.nǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɑː.xɑː.nǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɔː.xɔː.nǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.fɒː.xɒː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɔ.χɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šifāxāna
Dari reading^?	šafāxāna
Iranian reading^?	šafâxâne
Tajik reading^?	šafoxona

Noun

شفاخانه • (šafāxāna / šafâxâne) (plural یمارستان‌ها, Tajik spelling шафохона)

(chiefly Dari; elsewhere dated) hospital
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:بیمارستان

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şəfaxanə
→ Bashkir: шифахана (şifaxana)
→ Ottoman Turkish: شفاخانه (şifâhâne)
- > Turkish: şifahane (inherited)
- → Crimean Tatar: şifahane
→ Tatar: шифаханә (şifaxanä)
→ Urdu: شِفا خانَہ (śifā xāna)
→ Uyghur: شىپاخانا (shipaxana)
→ Uzbek: shifoxona