दुकान

See also: दूकान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دکان (dokân), from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דוכנא (dukkānāʾ). Compare Punjabi ਦੁਕਾਨ (dukān), Gujarati દુકાન (dukān), Assamese দোকান (dükan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊ.kɑːn/, [d̪ʊ.kä̃ːn]

Noun

दुकान • (dukān) f (Urdu spelling دکان)

1. shop

Derived terms

• दुकानदार (dukāndār)
• दुकानदारी (dukāndārī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दुकान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دکان (dokân), from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דוכנא (dukkānāʾ).

Noun

दुकान • (dukān) n

1. shop

Derived terms

• दुकानदार (dukāndār)
• दुकानदारी (dukāndārī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दुकान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दुकान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दुकान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).