duka

English · Kiswahili

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

duka^¹

Where it comes from

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”).

noun dukas

Kenya A shop, store. 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.

Duka^²

proper noun Dukas

A surname.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"duka." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/duka. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

duka. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/duka

Chicago

"duka." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/duka.

BibTeX

@misc{duka_2026,
  title = {duka},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duka},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}