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).
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Borrowed from French docteur, Spanish doctor, English doctor, German Doktor.
dokan (nominative plural dokans)
singular | plural | |
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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