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/

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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 (dükkân)
  • Turkish: dükkân
  • → Albanian: dyqan
  • → Bulgarian: дюкян (djukjan)
  • → Crimean Tatar: tükân
  • → Romanian: dugheană
  • → Russian: духа́н (duxán)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дућан

    Latin script: dućan

    • → Hungarian: duttyán
  • → Ukrainian: духа́н (duxán)
• → Kazakh: дүкен (düken)
• → Kyrgyz: дүкөн (dükön)
• → Middle Armenian: դուքան (dukʻan), տուքան (tukʻan)
  • Armenian: դուքան (dukʻan), դուքյան (dukʻyan)
• → Nogai: туькен (tüken)
• → Persian: دوکان (dukân), دکان (dokkân)
  • Tajik: дукон (dukon), дӯкон (dükon), дуккон (dukkon)
  • → Assamese: দোকান (dükan)
  • → Bengali: দোকান (dōkan)
  • → Gujarati: દુકાન (dukān)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: दुकान (dukān), दूकान (dūkān)

    Urdu: دُکان (dukān), دُوکان (dūkān)

  • → Kazakh: дүкен (düken)
  • → Kyrgyz: дүкөн (dükön)
  • → Malayalam: ദുകാൻ (dukāṉ)
  • → Marathi: दुकान (dukān)
  • → Punjabi: ਦੁਕਾਨ (dukān)
  • → Sindhi: دڪان (dukānu)
  • → Tamil: துகான் (tukāṉ)
  • → Telugu: దుకాణము (dukāṇamu)
  • → 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