ادبخانه

Persian

Etymology

ادب (adab) +‎ خانه (xâne)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈðaβ.xɑː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb.xɑː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb.xɑː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽbxɑː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽbxɔː.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪ǽb.xɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb.χɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḏaḇxāna
Dari reading?	adabxāna
Iranian reading?	adabxâne
Tajik reading?	adabxona

Noun

ادبخانه • (adabxâne)

1. water closet

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ədəbxanə
  • → Armenian: ա̈դա̈փխանա (ädäpʻxana), ադա̈փխանա (adäpʻxana) (Karabakh)
• → Arabic: اَدَبْخَانَة (adabḵāna)
• → Armenian: ատափխանա (atapʻxana)
• → Georgian: ადაბხანა (adabxana), ადაფხანა (adapxana)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ادبخانه (edephane)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ادبخانه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 28