Where does “أكزخانة” come from?
أكزخانة (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Egyptian Arabic أجزاخانة, from Ottoman Turkish اجزاخانه, from Ottoman Turkish خانه, from Persian خانه, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠, from Old Persian *vahanam, from Proto-Iranian *wāhana, from Proto-Iranian Hwah- — to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night.
أكزخانة (South Levantine Arabic): pharmacy
Definitions
- pharmacy
Ancestry of “أكزخانة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian Arabic | أجزاخانة | pharmacy |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اجزاخانه | pharmacy |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | خانه | house |
| 4 | Persian | خانه | house |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 | house |
| 6 | Old Persian | *vahanam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *wāhana | — |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | Hwah- | to dwell, remain |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hwas- | to dwell, inhabit; to stay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wes- | to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night |