هوتل

See also: ہوٹل

Persian

Dari هوتل
Iranian Persian هتل
Tajik ҳотел

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English hotel, itself from French hôtel.

Akin to Pashto هوټَل (hoṭal) and Urdu ہوٹَل (hoṭal), possibly borrowed via one of these languages.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? hōtal

Noun

هوتل • (hōtal) (Dari)

  1. hotel
    Synonym: مهمانخانه (mihmānxāna / mehmânxâne)
  2. (dialectal) restaurant
    Synonyms: رستوران (rastūrān / rasturân), رستورانت (rastūrānt / rasturânt)

References

  • Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “هوتل”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
  • هوتل”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013