దుకాణము

Telugu

దుకాణము

Alternative forms

• దుకాణం (dukāṇaṁ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دکان (dukān), from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דוכנא (dukkānāʾ). Compare Assamese দোকান (dükan), Bengali দোকান (dōkan), Gujarati દુકાન (dukān), Marathi दुकान (dukān), Nepali दोकान (dokān), Odia ଦୋକାନ (dokāna), Punjabi ਦੁਕਾਨ (dukān), Tamil துகான் (tukāṉ).

Noun

దుకాణము • (dukāṇamu) ? (plural దుకాణలు or దుకాణములు)

1. shop, market, bazaar

   Synonym: అంగడి (aṅgaḍi)

References

• "దుకాణము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 600
• దుకాణము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)