🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पंसाऱी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pansari

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Apothecary/əˈpɒθ.ɪ.kɛ.ri/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"पंसाऱी जड़ी-बूटियाँ और दवाइयाँ बेचता था।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs, historically the precursor to the modern pharmacist.

    "In historical villages, the local apothecary was often consulted for everything from herbs to surgical remedies."
  2. 2

    A historical pharmacy or the shop where medicinal herbs and compounds were dispensed.

    "The museum featured a reconstructed apothecary filled with glass jars, dried roots, and ancient scales."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'apothecary' originates from the Greek word 'apothēkē', meaning 'storehouse'. It evolved through Latin and Middle English, referring to a person who prepared and sold medicines, particularly before the establishment of modern pharmacies.

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