fonduk

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From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, inn, hotel; manor) possibly via French fondouk, from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (pan-, all, every) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, to receive) + -εῖον (-eîon, -ium: forming building names). The Arabic word entered and was borrowed between European languages repeatedly in various forms; this form is attested in English from the 19th century. Doublet of fonda and fondaco.

Noun

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fonduk (plural fonduks)

  1. A North African or Arabian inn or hotel.
    • 1991, Mark D. Meyerson, The Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel:
      Wine, if it was drunk anywhere in the morerías, was most likely served in the fonduks.

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