दवाख़ाना
See also: दवाखाना
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editदवाख़ाना • (davāxānā) m (Urdu spelling دواخانہ)
Declension
editDeclension of दवाख़ाना (masc ā-stem)
Synonyms
edit- रुग्णालय (rugṇālay)
- चिकित्सालय (cikitsālay)
- फ़ार्मेसी (fārmesī)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press