dukhan

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noun

A small restaurant, tavern or shop in the Caucasus and Crimea.

OriginArabic دُكَّان →
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Meanings

noundukhan (plural dukhans)

plural dukhans

  1. A small restaurant, tavern or shop in the Caucasus and Crimea.

    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.

    1969 February, Konstantin Paustovsky, “Fame came late to Niko Pirosmani”, in Soviet Life, page 46

Origin

  1. Arabicدُكَّان“shop”
  2. Englishdukhan

Ultimately from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān, “shop”).

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Translations

Arabic دُكَّان
  • دُكَّان (dukkān)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Bengali দোকান
  • দোকান (dōkan)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Bulgarian дюкя́н
  • дюкя́н (djukján)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Hindi दुकान, दूकान
  • दुकान (dukān)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
  • दूकान (dūkān)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Malay dukan
  • dukana small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Persian دکان
  • دکان (dokân)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Punjabi ਦੁਕਾਨ
  • ਦੁਕਾਨ (dukān)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Romanian dugheană
  • dugheanăa small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Russian духа́н
  • духа́н (duxán)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Turkish dükkân
  • dükkâna small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Ukrainian духа́н
  • духа́н (duxán)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
Urdu دکان, دوکان
  • دکان (dukān)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea
  • دوکان (dūkān)a small restaurant, tavern or a shop in the Caucasus and Crimea

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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