کتابخانه

What it means

کتابخانه (ketâb-khâne) means “library.” It is a Persian compound word built from کتاب (ketâb) “book” and خانه (khâne) “house,” literally “book house.” The structure is a hallmark of Persian word formation: two nouns combine to name a place defined by what it holds.

How it is built

کتاب (ketâb) is an Arabic loanword meaning “book.” خانه (khâne) is a native Persian word meaning “house” or “place.” The two combine with the productive Persian pattern noun + خانه = “place of that thing.”

How to use it

• کتابخانه روبروی مدرسه است (ketâb-khâne ruberu-ye madrese ast) “The library is across from the school”
• در کتابخانه ساکت باشید (dar ketâb-khâne sâket bâshid) “Be quiet in the library”
• این کتاب از کتابخانه است (in ketâb az ketâb-khâne ast) “This book is from the library”

Other words built from خانه

• چایخانه (chây-khâne) “teahouse”
• داروخانه (dâru-khâne) “pharmacy”
• میخانه (mey-khâne) “tavern” (literary)
• گرمخانه (garm-khâne) “greenhouse, warm-house”

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Neutral. Standard vocabulary for any educational or civic context.

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab