wymʾlstʾn

Middle Persian

Etymology

wymʾl (wēmār, “ill”) +‎ 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭭 (-estān)

Noun

wymʾlstʾn • (wēmārestān)

  1. hospital
  2. bimaristan

Descendants

  • Persian: بیمارستان (bimârestân), بیمارسان (bimârsân), مارستان (mârestân), مارسان (mârsân), مرستان (marestân)
    • → English: bimaristan
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بیمارستان (bîmâristân)
    • → Iraqi Arabic: (Khuzestani) بيمارستان (bīmāristān)
  • → Arabic: مارستان (māristān), بِيمَارِسْتَان (bīmāristān), مُرِسْتَان (muristān)
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