दवाखाना

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).[1]

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.

References
  1. Berntsen, Maxine, Nimbkar, Jai (1982) Marathi Structural Patterns, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 246

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).
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