دواخانو

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَوَاخَانَه (dawāxāna). By surface analysis, دَوا (dauā) +‎ خانْو (xāno).

Noun

دَواخانْو • (dauāxāno) m (Devanagari दवाख़ानो, Khudawadi 𑋏𑋛𑋠𑊻𑋩𑋠𑋑𑋧)

  1. hospital
  2. dispensary

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “دواخانو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 246
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