How to say "shop" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningshop
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
دُكَّان
dukkānדכאן
دكان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חנות
khanutخَانُوت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew דוכן 'stall, stand' and Arabic dukkān are the same word, most likely passed through Aramaic dukkānā — a raised platform that became a vendor's stand in Hebrew and a whole shop in Arabic.
Related Hebrew word:דוכןdukhanدُوخَان
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حَانُوت
ḥānūtחאנותDarija's corner shop is a ḥānūt.
In a phrase
دُكَّان صَغِير
dukkān ṣaghīrדכאן צע'ירa small shop
Plural
دَكَاكِين
dakākīnדכאכיןbroken plural CaCāCīC — like صُنْدُوق→صَنَادِيق