mazgātava

A word coined from mazgāt (“to wash”) +‎ -ava by Juris Alunāns in 1857.^[1]

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mazgātava f (4th declension)

1. washing room; laundromat (a place, e.g. a room or a building, where one washes, e.g. clothes)

   veļas mazgātava ― clothes washing room, laundromat

   jau sestdien viņš bija apmeklējis veļas mazgātavu un sagādājis sev tīru veļu ― on Saturday he had looked for a laundromat and had gotten his clothes clean

   netīrie trauki tiek novietoti uz speciāla konveijera un paši nonāk mazgātavā ― the dirty dishes are placed on a special conveyor belt and come into the washing room

• mazgāt
• mazgātājs, mazgātāja