दवाख़ाना

See also: दवाखाना

Hindi

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)

1. 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