দোকানী

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • দোকানি (dōkani)

Etymology

From দোকান (dōkan, “shop, store”) + -ঈ (-i), with the former being from Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān).

Noun

দোকানী • (dokanī) (objective দোকানী (dōkani) or দোকানীকে (dōkanike), genitive দোকানীর (dōkanir), locative দোকানীতে (dōkanite))

  1. shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman
    অমধুর বাণী বলে সে দোকানী।
    ômôdhur baṇī bôle śe dokanī.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Baru Chandidas
    দোকানীরা দোকানের ঝাপতাড়া খুলে
    dōkanira dōkaner jhaptaṛa khule
    The shopkeepers open the doors of the shop.
    - Kaliprasanna Singha
    দোকানীরা দুদ্দাড় করে দরজা জানালা বন্ধ করছে
    dokanīra duddaṛ kôre dôrza janala bôndhô kôrche
    The shopkeepers slammed the doors and windows shut.
    - Syed Mujtaba Ali
    Synonyms: দোকানদার (dōkanodar), তহরি (tohori)

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