دکاندار

Persian

Etymology

From دکان (dokân, “shop”) +‎ ـدار (-dâr).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.kʰɑːn̪.d̪ɑːɾ], [d̪ʊk.kʰɑːn̪.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.kʰɑːn̪.d̪ɑːɾ], [d̪ʊk.kʰɑːn̪.d̪ɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.kʰɔːn̪.d̪ɔːɾ], [d̪uk.kʰɔːn̪.d̪ɔːɾ]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	dukāndār, dukkāndār
Dari reading?	dukāndār, dukkāndār
Iranian reading?	dokândâr, dokkândâr
Tajik reading?	dukondor, dukkondor

Noun

دکاندار • (dokândâr)

1. shopkeeper

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dükandar
• → Bengali: দোকানদার (dōkanodar)
• → Northern Kurdish: dikandar
• → Kashmiri: دُکاندار (dukāndār)
• → Gujarati: દુકાનદાર (dukāndār)
• → Hindi: दुकानदार (dukāndār)
• → Talysh: دوکوندار (dukundâr)
• → Turkmen: dükandar
• → Sindhi: دڪاندار
• → Urdu: دکان دار
  • → Phalura: dukaandaár