هتل

What it means

هتل (hotel) means “hotel.” French loanword from “hôtel,” used universally in Persian for any hotel from a roadside inn to a luxury resort.

How to use it

• در هتل می‌مانم (dar hotel mimânam) “I am staying at a hotel”
• هتل رزرو کردم (hotel rezerv kardam) “I reserved a hotel”
• هتل پنج ستاره است (hotel panj setâre ast) “It is a five-star hotel”

Common pairings

• هتل پنج ستاره (hotel-e panj setâre) “five-star hotel”
• هتل آپارتمان (hotel âpârtemân) “apart-hotel, serviced apartment”
• اتاق هتل (otâq-e hotel) “hotel room”
• پذیرش هتل (paziresh-e hotel) “hotel reception”

Pure Persian alternative

The word مهمانخانه (mehmân-khâne) “guest-house” exists as a Pure Persian alternative but is rarely used in modern speech. هتل dominates universally.

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab