dukhan
English
editEtymology
editUltimately from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān, “shop”).
Noun
editdukhan (plural dukhans)
- A small restaurant, tavern or shop in the Caucasus and Crimea.
- 1969 February, Konstantin Paustovsky, “Fame came late to Niko Pirosmani”, in Soviet Life, page 46:
- In smoky dukhans reeking of wine fumes, he saw the humble despair of ambals hoarse with fatigue, forsaken children, street musicians with hands trembling from hunger and drink, paupers with blue, sinewy necks, cigarette venders.
Translations
edita small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
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