دکان

See also: دكان and دُکان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	dukān
Iranian reading?	dokân
Tajik reading?	dükon

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

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

• → 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)
• Tajik: дӯкон (dükon)
  • → Uzbek: doʼkon
• → Ossetian: дукани (dukani)

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دُوکان (dūkān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دکان (dukān), from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān).

Noun

دُکان • (dukān) f (Hindi spelling दुकान)

1. shop
2. store

   Synonym: اِسْٹور (isṭor)