دکان
Persian
Alternative forms
- دوکان (dukân)
Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), borrowed from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /du.ˈkaːn/, /duk.ˈkaːn/, /duː.ˈkaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːn], [d̪ʊk.kʰɑ́ːn], [d̪uː.kʰɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪o.kʰɒ́ːn], [d̪okʲ.kʰɒ́ːn], [d̪uː.kʰɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɵ.kʰɔn], [d̪u.kʰɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dukān, dukkān, dūkān |
| Dari reading? | dukān, dukkān, dūkān |
| Iranian reading? | dokân, dokkân, dukân |
| Tajik reading? | dükon, dukon |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
دُکان • (dokân)
- shop
- store
- آیا به دکانِ ایرانی میروی؟
- āyā ba dukān-i ērānī mē-rawī (Dari reading)
âyâ be dokân-e irâni mi-ravi (Iranian reading) - are you going to the Iranian store?
- āyā ba dukān-i ērānī mē-rawī (Dari reading)
Derived terms
- دکاندار (dokândâr, “shopkeeper”)
Descendants
- → Assamese: দোকান (dükan)
- → Bengali: দোকান (dōkan)
- → Gujarati: દુકાન (dukān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: дүкен (düken)
- → Kyrgyz: дүкөн (dükön)
- → Malayalam: ദുകാൻ (dukāṉ)
- → Marathi: दुकान (dukān)
- → Punjabi: ਦੁਕਾਨ (dukān)
- → Portuguese: ducão
- → Sindhi: دڪان (dukānu)
- → Tamil: துகான் (tukāṉ)
- → Telugu: దుకాణము (dukāṇamu)
- → Uyghur: دۇكان (dukan)
- → Uzbek: doʻkon
- → Ossetian: дукани (dukani)
Urdu
Alternative forms
- دُوکان (dūkān)
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian دُکَان (dukān), borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), borrowed from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ʊ.kɑːn/
Noun
دُکان • (dukān) f (Hindi spelling दुकान)