بیمارستان

What it means

بیمارستان (bimârestân) means “hospital.” Native Persian compound from بیمار (bimâr) “sick, ill” + the productive Persian suffix ـستان (-estân) meaning “place of,” literally “place of the sick.”

How it is built

The suffix -estân is one of Persian’s most productive place-name builders. It generates گلستان (golestân, garden of flowers), بوستان (bustân, fragrant garden), افغانستان (afghânestân, place of Afghans), تاجیکستان (tâjikestân, place of Tajiks), and بیمارستان (bimârestân, place of the sick).

How to use it

• به بیمارستان رفتم (be bimârestân raftam) “I went to the hospital”
• بیمارستان شلوغ بود (bimârestân sholuq bud) “The hospital was crowded”
• پدرم در بیمارستان است (pedaram dar bimârestân ast) “My father is in the hospital”

Common pairings

• بیمار (bimâr) “sick person, patient”
• بیماری (bimâri) “illness, sickness”
• بیمارستان دولتی (bimârestân-e dolati) “public hospital”
• بیمارستان خصوصی (bimârestân-e khosusi) “private hospital”

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab