‖apteek, noun

/apˈtɪək/
Forms:
Formerly also apotheek.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans (Dutch apotheek).
A pharmacist’s shop, a chemist. See also huis-apotheek.
1873 W.L. Sammons in A.M.L. Robinson Sel. Articles from Cape Monthly Mag. (1978) 263Shop Signs or Figures do not appear to be very prevalent in Cape Town, but there are a few. One of the purest brightest and best is ‘The Golden Angel’, at the ‘Engel Apotheek’, in Loop-street.
1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 391When I reached the hamlet I was in great pain, and a Boer inhabitant directed me to a small building on which was written ‘apotheek.’
1926 P.W. Laidler Tavern of Ocean 13A house within the ramparts was turned into a compact Apotheek, or chemist’s shop.
1975 W. Steenkamp Land of Thirst King 138For many years the only formal medical help the average farmer possessed was what he called his ‘apteek’, or pharmacy.
1980 Rand Daily Mail 20 Nov. 12Every dorp will have a mall soon in spite of the fact that there is only one short shopping street from the apteek at one end to the take-away eats at the other.
A pharmacist’s shop, a chemist.
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