दवाख़ाना
See also: दवाखाना
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दवाखाना (davākhānā) — nuqtaless
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دواخانه (dawāxāna). Compare Punjabi ਦਵਾਖ਼ਾਨਾ (davāxānā) / دواخانہ (doāxānh), Gujarati દવાખાનું (davākhānũ), Marathi दवाखाना (davākhānā), Kannada ದವಾಖಾನೆ (davākhāne). By surface analysis, दवा (davā, “medicine”) + ख़ाना (xānā, “place”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ʋɑː.xɑː.nɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ʋäː.xäː.näː], /d̪ə.ʋɑː.kʰɑː.nɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ʋäː.kʰäː.näː]
Noun
दवाख़ाना • (davāxānā) m (Urdu spelling دواخانہ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दवाख़ाना davāxānā |
दवाख़ाने davāxāne |
| oblique | दवाख़ाने davāxāne |
दवाख़ानों davāxānõ |
| vocative | दवाख़ाने davāxāne |
दवाख़ानो davāxāno |
Synonyms
- रुग्णालय (rugṇālay)
- चिकित्सालय (cikitsālay)
- फ़ार्मेसी (fārmesī)
Descendants
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press