Hebrew

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Root
ד־ו־ך (d-w-k)

Etymology

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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".[1]

Noun

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דּוּכָן (dukhánm (singular construct דּוּכַן־)

  1. pulpit
  2. stand, platform

References

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

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