duka

From Swahili duka, from Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

duka (plural dukas)

1. (Kenya) A shop, store.
   • 2012, Aidan Hartley, ‘Life at One Remove’, Literary Review 404:

     This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.

• kuda

• Hyphenation: du‧ka

duka

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
2. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
3. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

duka

1. To induce sleep; to make someone drowsy or lethargic.

From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

• IPA^(key): /du.ka/
• Hyphenation: du‧ka
• Rhymes: -ka

duka

1. sad

• sedih

• “duka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Italian duca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ka/

duka m (plural duki, feminine dukessa)

1. duke

duka

1. Romanization of ᡩᡠᡴᠠ

From Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

duka class 5 (plural maduka)

1. (Nsimbwa) shop

• lozya

Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

duká

1. beggar

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: du‧ka

duka

1. third-person singular present of dukać

duka

1. wound; cut

duka

1. in the state of ignorance
2. not knowing

Borrowed from Arabic دُكَّان‎ (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא‎ (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”).

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duka (ma class, plural maduka)

1. shop (establishment that sells goods)

• Kikuyu: nduka

duk +‎ -a

duka (present dukar, preterite dukade, supine dukat, imperative duka)

1. to set (a table; to arrange with dishes and cutlery)

• duka av
• duka fram
• duka under
• duka upp
• dukning

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوقه‎ (duka), from Italian duca, from Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka).

duka (definite accusative dukayı, plural dukalar)

1. duke

   Synonym: dük

• dukalık (“duchy”)