Where does “dyqan” come from?
dyqan (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دكان, from Classical Persian دکان, from Arabic دُكَّان, from Aramaic דוכנא, from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇, from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇.
dyqan (Albanian): shop
Ancestry of “dyqan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دكان | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | دکان | — |
| 3 | Arabic | دُكَّان | shop; dais, estrade |
| 4 | Aramaic | דוכנא | — |
| 5 | Akkadian | 𒆠𒍇 | — |
| 6 | Sumerian | 𒆠𒍇 | — |