دکان

See also: دكان and دُکان

Persian

Etymology

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Aramaic דּוּכָּנָאbor.

Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān)bor.

Persian دُکَان

Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), borrowed from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [du.ˈkɑːn], [duk.ˈkɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːn], [d̪ʊk.kʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːn], [d̪ʊk.kʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.kʰɑ́ːn], [d̪ʊk.kʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.kʰɔ́ːn], [d̪uk.kʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.kʰɒ́ːn], [d̪okʲ.kʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.kʰɔ́n], [d̪uk.kʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	dukān, dukkān
Dari reading?	dukān, dukkān
Iranian reading?	dokân, dokkân
Tajik reading?	dukon, dukkon

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	دکان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дукон

دُکان • (dokân)

1. shop
2. 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?

Derived terms

• دکاندار (dokândâr, “shopkeeper”)

Descendants

• 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)

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دُوکان (dūkān)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic דּוּכָּנָאbor.

Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān)bor.

Classical Persian دُکَان (dukān)bor.

Urdu دُکان (dukān)

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)

1. shop
2. store

   Synonym: اِسْٹور (isṭor)