ఆసుపత్రి

Telugu

Alternative forms

ఆస్పత్రి (āspatri), ఆస్పిటాలు (āspiṭālu) (obsolete)

Etymology

From Portuguese hospital or espital, compare Kannada ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ (āspatre), Malayalam ആശുപത്രി (āśupatri), Tamil ஆஸ்பத்திரி (āspattiri).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːsupat̪ɾi/

Noun

ఆసుపత్రి • (āsupatri) n (plural ఆసుపత్రులు)

hospital
Synonyms: చావడి (cāvaḍi), దవాఖానా (davākhānā), వైద్యశాల (vaidyaśāla), హాస్పిటల్ (hāspiṭal)

References

"ఆసుపత్రి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1404
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Loanwords from western languages: Portuguese and English”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 479

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