dyqan

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • duqan
  • duçen — Gheg
  • duganjë, dugâjë — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دكان (dükkân).

Noun

dyqan m (plural dyqane)

  1. shop, store
    Synonyms: shitore, tregtore
  2. (colloquial) workshop, shop

Derived terms
  • dyqan-shtëpi
  • dyqanxhi

References
  • “dyqán,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 394b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dyqan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 144
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “duḱán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 77
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