dokan

Garo

Etymology

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).

Noun

dokan

1. shop

Japanese

Romanization

dokan

1. Rōmaji transcription of どかん

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French docteur, Spanish doctor, English doctor, German Doktor.

Noun

dokan (nominative plural dokans)

1. doctor (someone with a doctorate; an academic title)

Declension

declension of dokan

	singular	plural
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

Hyponyms

• hidokan
• jidokan

Related terms

• dok

See also

• sanan
• nimisanan
• tutisanan
• tutisanavan