दवाख़ाना (davaakhaanaa)

noun A dispensary or small clinic/pharmacy -- a place where medicine is dispensed or minor treatment is given. Compound of दवा (davaa, medicine) and ख़ाना (khaanaa, house/place), the same pattern seen in डाकख़ाना (daakkhaanaa, post office).
Sense 1 : dispensary, small clinic or pharmacy
noun, masculine
Synonyms: क्लिनिक (klinik), डिस्पेंसरी (dispensrii), दवाई की दुकान (davaaii kii dukaan, plain phrase, refers more to a shop than a clinic)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will see this word painted on small neighborhood clinic signboards, especially ones run by a single local doctor or a hakim (hakiim) practicing Unani or homeopathic medicine. It has a slightly old-fashioned, mahalla (mohallaa, neighborhood) feel compared to the more modern-sounding क्लिनिक (klinik).
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often assume दवाख़ाना (davaakhaanaa) means a full hospital, but it is smaller in scale -- typically a local clinic, dispensary, or a doctor's small practice, not a multi-department अस्पताल (asptaal). 2) The nuqta under ख़ (kh) is often dropped in casual writing, giving दवाखाना (davaakhaanaa), which is still understood and commonly seen on shop signs.
Sample Sentences:
मोहल्ले के नुक्कड़ पर एक पुराना दवाख़ाना है। There's an old dispensary at the corner of the neighborhood.
(mohalle ke nukkad par ek puraanaa davaakhaanaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हकीम साहब का दवाख़ाना सुबह नौ बजे खुलता है। The hakim sahib's dispensary opens at nine in the morning.
(hakiim saahab kaa davaakhaanaa subah nau baje khultaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैं बचपन में इसी दवाख़ाने में दवा लेने जाता था। As a child I used to go to this very dispensary to get medicine.
(main bachpan men isii davaakhaane men davaa lene jaataa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
दादी ने कहा कि वह दवाख़ाने जा रही है। Grandmother said she is going to the dispensary.
(daadii ne kahaa ki vah davaakhaane jaa rahii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर दवाख़ाना पास होता तो हम रोज़ चेकअप करा लेते। If the dispensary were nearby, we would have a checkup done every day.
(agar davaakhaanaa paas hotaa to ham roz chekaap karaa lete।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
बच्चे को अभी दवाख़ाना ले जाओ, बुखार तेज़ है। Take the child to the dispensary right now, the fever is high.
(bachche ko abhii davaakhaanaa le jaao, bukhaar tez hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
यह दवाख़ाना पिछले चालीस सालों से इस गली में चल रहा है। This dispensary has been running in this lane for the past forty years.
(yah davaakhaanaa pichhle chaaliis saalon se is galii men chal rahaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
नगरपालिका ने पुराने दवाख़ाने को बंद कर दिया। The municipal corporation shut down the old dispensary.
(nagarpaalikaa ne puraane davaakhaane ko band kar diyaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
शायद अब उस जगह दवाख़ाना खोला जाए। Perhaps a dispensary will be opened at that spot now.
(shaayad ab us jagah davaakhaanaa kholaa jaae।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
उस दवाख़ाने में होमियोपैथी की दवाइयाँ भी मिलती हैं। Homeopathic medicines are also available at that dispensary.
(us davaakhaane men homiyopaithii kii davaaiyaan bhii miltii hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): दवाख़ाना (davaakhaanaa)
(sg.m.oblique): दवाख़ाने (davaakhaane)
(pl.m.direct): दवाख़ाने (davaakhaane)
(pl.m.oblique): दवाख़ानों (davaakhaanon)