दवाख़ाना

See also: दवाखाना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (davāxāna). Compare Punjabi ਦਵਾਖ਼ਾਨਾ (davāxānā) / دواخانہ‎ (doāxānh), Gujarati દવાખાનું (davākhānũ), Marathi दवाखाना (davākhānā), Kannada ದವಾಖಾನೆ (davākhāne). By surface analysis, दवा (davā) +‎ -ख़ाना (-xānā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʋɑː.xɑː.nɑː/, [d̪ə.ʋäː.xäː.n̪äː], /d̪ə.ʋɑː.kʰɑː.nɑː/, [d̪ə.ʋäː.kʰäː.n̪äː]

Noun

दवाख़ाना • (davāxānā) m (Urdu spelling دواخانہ‎)

pharmacy

Declension

Declension of दवाख़ाना (masc ā-stem)

	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

→ English: davakhana
→ Telugu: దవాఖానా (davākhānā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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