duka

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noun

A shop, store.

OriginSwahili duka ← Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān) ← Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא →
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Meanings

duka1

nounduka (plural dukas)

plural dukas

  1. KenyaA shop, store.

    This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.

    2012, Aidan Hartley, “Life at One Remove”, in Literary Review, section 404

Duka2

proper nounDuka (plural Dukas)

plural Dukas

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Aramaicדּוּכָּנָא
  2. Arabicدُكَّان (dukkān)
  3. Swahiliduka
  4. Englishduka

From Swahili duka, from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu⁠/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠daggan⁠/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

duka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duka

MLA

“duka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duka.

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