דוכן

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Hebrew

Root
ד־ו־ך (d-w-k)
1 term

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־)

  1. pulpit
  2. stand, platform

References

  1. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987) “דּוּכָן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 117

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