দোকানদার

Bengali

Etymology

From দোকান (dōkan) +‎ -দার (-dar), ultimately from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān) and Classical Persian (dār) respectively. Cognate to Hindi दुकानदार (dukāndār) and Kashmiri دُکاندار (dukāndār).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪okand̪aɾ/, [ˈd̪okand̪aɾ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪okand̪aɹ/, [ˈd̪okand̪aɹ]

Noun

দোকানদার • (dōkandar) (objective দোকানদার (dōkanodar) or দোকানদারকে (dōkandarke), genitive দোকানদারের (dōkandarer), locative দোকানদারে (dōkandare) or দোকানদারেতে (dōkandarete))

shopkeeper, storekeeper
Synonyms: দোকানী (dōkani), তহরি (tohori)

দোকানদারের মরদামি দেখিয়া বাদশাহ তাহাকে এনাম দিলেন।
dōkandarer moroami dekhiẏa badśah tahake enam dilen.
Seeing the shopkeeper's manliness, the Badshah rewarded him.

Derived terms

দোকানদারি (dōkandari)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “দোকানদার” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “দোকানদার” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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