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]‎^[1] (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