Sep 9, 2025
The type of things I love etymology for: seeing Persian, Arabic and Turkish get freaky like that:
"Pharmacy" in Turkish is eczane /e(d͡ʒ).zɑːˈne/. Literally, the word means "drug house" but neither components are originally from Turkish:
=> ecza comes from Arabic أجزاء /ʔad͡ʒ.zaːʔ/ (plural of جزء /d͡ʒuzʔ/). It means "drugs, chemicals".
=> hane comes from Classical Persian خَانَه /xaː.ˈna/. It means "house".