مارستان

Arabic

Alternative forms

بِيمَارِسْتَان‎ (bīmāristān), مُرِسْتَان‎ (muristān)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭬𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭭‎ (wēmārestān, “hospital”).

Noun

مَارِسْتَان • (māristān) m (plural مَارِسْتَانَات‎ (māristānāt))

(now historical) hospital, infirmary
Synonyms: مُسْتَشْفًى‎ (mustašfan), (Iraq, Syria) خَسْتَخَانَة‎ (ḵastaḵāna), (Maghrib) سْبِيطَار‎ (sbīṭār), (Galilee) إِسْبِيطَار‎ (ʔisbīṭār), (Oman, Gulf, Palestine) سْبِيتَار‎ (sbītār), (Egypt 19th century) قَشْلَة‎ (qašla), دَار الشِفَاء‎ (dār aš-šifāʔ)
(regional) madhouse, bedlam

Declension

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