شفاخانه

Persian

Regional synonyms of "hospital"

Dari	شفاخانه
Iranian Persian	بیمارستان
Tajik	беморхона

Etymology

From شفاء (šifā / šafâ, “healing”) +‎ ـخانه (xāna / xâne, “house of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃi.faː.xaː.ˈna/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɑː.xɑː.ná]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɑː.xɑː.ná]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɑː.xɑː.ná]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɔː.xɔː.ná]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.fɒː.xɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.fɔ.χɔ.ná]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	šifāxāna
Dari reading?	šafāxāna
Iranian reading?	šafâxâne
Tajik reading?	šafoxona

Noun

شفاخانه • (šifāxāna / šefâxâne) (Tajik spelling шифохона)

1. (chiefly Dari; elsewhere dated) hospital

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:بیمارستان

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şifaxanə
• → Bashkir: шифахана (şifaxana)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شفاخانه (şifâhâne)
  • > Turkish: şifahane (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: şifahane
• → Tatar: шифаханә (şifaxanä)
• → Urdu: شِفا خانَہ (śifā xāna)
• → Uyghur: شىپاخانا (shipaxana)
• → Uzbek: shifoxona