दवाखाना

See also: दवाख़ाना

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

दवाखाना • (davāxānā) m

1. nuqtaless form of दवाख़ाना (davāxānā)

Declension

Declension of दवाखाना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दवाखाना davāxānā	दवाखाने davāxāne
oblique	दवाखाने davāxāne	दवाखानों davāxānõ
vocative	दवाखाने davāxāne	दवाखानो davāxāno

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دواخانه (dawāxāna). Compare Gujarati દવાખાનું (davākhānũ), Hindi दवाख़ाना (davāxānā), Kannada ದವಾಖಾನೆ (davākhāne), Punjabi ਦਵਾਖ਼ਾਨਾ (davāxānā) / دَواخانہ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʋa.kʰa.na/

Noun

दवाखाना • (davākhānā) m

1. dispensary, pharmacy, chemist
2. clinic, hospital, davakhana

Usage notes

• A दवाखाना (davākhānā) is used to refer to any doctor's office or small hospital in which the doctor examines patients and dispenses medicines himself or herself rather than writing prescriptions. A large hospital is usually called an इस्पितळ (ispitaḷ), रुग्णालय (rugṇālay) or हॉस्पिटल (hŏspiṭal).

Declension

Declension of दवाखाना (masc ā-stem)
direct singular	दवाखाना davākhanā
direct plural	दवाखाने davākhane
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दवाखाना davākhanā		दवाखाने davākhane
oblique सामान्यरूप	दवाखान्या davākhanyā		दवाखान्यां- davākhanyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दवाखान्याला davākhanyālā		दवाखान्यांना davākhanyānnā
ergative	दवाखान्याने, दवाखान्यानं davākhanyāne, davākhanyāna		दवाखान्यांनी davākhanyānnī
instrumental	दवाखान्याशी davākhanyāśī		दवाखान्यांशी davākhanyānśī
locative सप्तमी	दवाखान्यात davākhanyāt		दवाखान्यांत davākhanyāt
vocative संबोधन	दवाखान्या davākhanyā		दवाखान्यांनो davākhanyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of दवाखाना (masc ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	दवाखान्याचा davākhanyāċā	दवाखान्याचे davākhanyāċe	दवाखान्याची davākhanyācī	दवाखान्याच्या davākhanyācā	दवाखान्याचे, दवाखान्याचं davākhanyāċe, davākhanyāċa	दवाखान्याची davākhanyācī	दवाखान्याच्या davākhanyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दवाखान्यांचा davākhanyānċā	दवाखान्यांचे davākhanyānċe	दवाखान्यांची davākhanyāñcī	दवाखान्यांच्या davākhanyāncā	दवाखान्यांचे, दवाखान्यांचं davākhanyānċe, davākhanyānċa	दवाखान्यांची davākhanyāñcī	दवाखान्यांच्या davākhanyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दवाखाना”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दवा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).