bakkal

English

Noun

bakkal (plural bakkals)

1. (India) A shopkeeper or dealer.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “bakkal”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bakkal.

Noun

bakkal m (Latin spelling)

1. grocer

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). The original sense borrowed into Ottoman Turkish was greengrocer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑkːɑɫ/

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Noun

bakkal (definite accusative bakkalı, plural bakkallar)

1. grocery
2. grocer

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bakkal
Definite accusative	bakkalı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bakkal	bakkallar
Definite accusative	bakkalı	bakkalları
Dative	bakkala	bakkallara
Locative	bakkalda	bakkallarda
Ablative	bakkaldan	bakkallardan
Genitive	bakkalın	bakkalların

Descendants

• → Ladino: bakkal
• → Polish: bakalie
• → Russian: бакале́я (bakaléja)
• → Yiddish: באַקאַליי (bakaley)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bakkal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بقال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 373