اجزاخانه

Ottoman Turkish

FWOTD – 9 September 2025

Etymology

From اجزا (ecza, drugs, chemicals) +‎ خانه (hane, house), from Arabic أَجْزَاء (ʔajzāʔ) and Classical Persian خَانَه (xāna).

Noun

اجزاخانه • (eczahane)

  1. pharmacy
    • 1920, Hüseyin Rahmi [Gürpınar], “مراق علتی”, in جهنملك [Cehennemlik]‎[1]:
      بو اوطه‌یه ایلك دفعه كیره‌ن بر آدم بوراسنی اجزاخانه ظن ایدر. و پك ده یاكلمش اولماز. بوراده تنوع و مقدارجه شویله بویله اجزاخانه‌لرله رقابت ایده‌جك ادویه واردر.
      Bu odaya ilk defa giren bir adam burasını eczahane zanneder ve pek de yanılmış olmaz. Burada tenevvü ve mikdarca şöyle böyle eczahanelerle rekabet edecek edviye vardır.
      A man entering this room for the first time might think it a pharmacy, and he wouldn't be entirely wrong. In diversity and quantity, the drugs here rival what you find in pharmacies.

Descendants

  • Turkish: eczane
  • Egyptian Arabic: أجزاخانة (ʔagzaḵāna)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “eczahane”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اجزاخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 52b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ecza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük