băcan

See also: bacan, bacán, bacàn, and Băcan

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈkan/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).

Noun

băcan n (plural băcane)

1. grocer

Declension

Declension of băcan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) băcan	băcanul	(niște) băcane	băcanele
genitive/dative	(unui) băcan	băcanului	(unor) băcane	băcanelor
vocative	băcanule		băcanelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقم (bakam, bakkam), from Arabic بَقَّم (baqqam).

Noun

băcan n (uncountable)

1. the wood and red dye and plant of some trees such as Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood, brazilwood

Declension

declension of băcan (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) băcan	băcanul
genitive/dative	(unui) băcan	băcanului
vocative	băcanule

Further reading

• băcan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)