دكان

دكان

See also: دکان‎ and دُکان‎

Arabic

دُكَّان‎

Etymology

From Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duk.kaːn/

• Audio

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Noun

دُكَّان • (dukkān) m (plural دَكَاكِين‎ (dakākīn))

1. dais, estrade
2. shop, store

Declension

Declension of noun دُكَّان (dukkān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُكَّان dukkān	الدُّكَّان‎ ad-dukkān	دُكَّان dukkān
Nominative	دُكَّانٌ dukkānun	الدُّكَّانُ‎ ad-dukkānu	دُكَّانُ dukkānu
Accusative	دُكَّانًا‎ dukkānan	الدُّكَّانَ‎ ad-dukkāna	دُكَّانَ dukkāna
Genitive	دُكَّانٍ dukkānin	الدُّكَّانِ‎ ad-dukkāni	دُكَّانِ dukkāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُكَّانَيْن‎ dukkānayn	الدُّكَّانَيْن‎ ad-dukkānayn	دُكَّانَيْ‎ dukkānay
Nominative	دُكَّانَانِ‎ dukkānāni	الدُّكَّانَانِ‎ ad-dukkānāni	دُكَّانَا‎ dukkānā
Accusative	دُكَّانَيْنِ‎ dukkānayni	الدُّكَّانَيْنِ‎ ad-dukkānayni	دُكَّانَيْ‎ dukkānay
Genitive	دُكَّانَيْنِ‎ dukkānayni	الدُّكَّانَيْنِ‎ ad-dukkānayni	دُكَّانَيْ‎ dukkānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَكَاكِين‎ dakākīn	الدَّكَاكِين‎ ad-dakākīn	دَكَاكِين‎ dakākīn
Nominative	دَكَاكِينُ‎ dakākīnu	الدَّكَاكِينُ‎ ad-dakākīnu	دَكَاكِينُ‎ dakākīnu
Accusative	دَكَاكِينَ‎ dakākīna	الدَّكَاكِينَ‎ ad-dakākīna	دَكَاكِينَ‎ dakākīna
Genitive	دَكَاكِينَ‎ dakākīna	الدَّكَاكِينِ‎ ad-dakākīni	دَكَاكِينِ‎ dakākīni

Synonyms

• حَانُوت‎ (ḥānūt)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dükan
• → English: dukhan
• → Georgian: დუქანი (dukani)
  • → Ossetian: дукани (dukani)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دكان‎ (düḱḱan)
  • Turkish: dükkân
  • → Abkhaz: адәқьан (adʷkʲan)
  • → Albanian: dyqan
  • → Bulgarian: дюкян (djukjan)
  • → Crimean Tatar: tükân
  • → Romanian: dugheană
  • → Russian: духа́н (duxán)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: дућан

    Latin: dućan

    • → Hungarian: duttyán
  • → Ukrainian: духа́н (duxán)
• → Middle Armenian: դուքան (dukʿan), տուքան (tukʿan)
  • Armenian: դուքան (dukʿan), դուքյան (dukʿyan)
• → Nogai: туькен (tüken)
• → Persian: دوکان‎ (dukân), دکان‎ (dokkân)
  • → Assamese: দোকান (dükan)
  • → Bengali: দোকান (dokan)
  • → Gujarati: દુકાન (dukān)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: दूकान (dūkān)

    Urdu: دوکان‎ (dūkān)

  • → Kazakh: дүкен (düken)
  • Kyrgyz: дүкөн (dükön)
  • → Marathi: दुकान (dukān)
  • → Punjabi: ਦੁਕਾਨ (dukān)
  • → Sindhi: دڪان‎ (dukānu)
  • → Telugu: దుకాణము (dukāṇamu)
  • → Tajik: дӯкон (dükon)
    • → Uzbek: doʼkon
  • → Ossetian: дукани (dukani)
• → Spanish: adoquín
• → Swahili: duka

References

• “dwkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 188
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “دكان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duk.kaːn/, [dukˈkæːn], [dukˈkaːn]

• Audio (Amman)

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Noun

دكّان • (dukkān) f (plural دكاكين‎ (dakākīn))

1. shop, store

   Synonym: محلّ‎ (maḥall)

Derived terms

• دكّانجي‎ (dukkanji, “shopkeeper”)