fonduk

English

Alternative forms

• fondak, fonduq, funduq, foundouk, fondouk, funduck

Etymology

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

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.

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:lodging place

References

• “fondouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.