dokan

Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali দোকান (dōkan), from Classical Persian دکان (dukān), from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דוכנא (dukkānāʾ), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu⁠/, “dais”), from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠daggan⁠/, “chamber”). Cognate with Hindi दुकान (dukān).

Noun

dokan

  1. shop

Japanese

Romanization

dokan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どかん

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French docteur, Spanish doctor, English doctor, German Doktor.

Noun

dokan (nominative plural dokans)

  1. doctor (someone with a doctorate; an academic title)

Declension

Declension of dokan
singular plural
nominative dokan dokans
genitive dokana dokanas
dative dokane dokanes
accusative dokani dokanis
vocative 1 o dokan! o dokans!
predicative 2 dokanu dokanus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

  • hidokan
  • jidokan

See also

  • sanan
  • nimisanan
  • tutisanan
  • tutisanavan
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