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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic دكان (dukkān, “dais, platform; shop, store”)—and ultimately Hindi/Urdu दुकान (dukān, “store, shop”), by way of Classical Persian دکان (dokân, “shop, store”)—as well as Aramaic דּוּךְ (dukh, “a flat place”). From the root ד־ו־ך (d-w-k), meaning "pounded flat".
Noun
דּוּכָן • (dukhán) m (singular construct דּוּכַן־)
- pulpit
- stand, platform
References
Further reading
דוכן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- “דוכן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language