bakkal

English

Noun

bakkal (plural bakkals)

(India) A shopkeeper or dealer.

References

Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “bakkal”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

bakkal m (Latin spelling)

grocer

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بقال‎ (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال‎ (baqqāl). The original sense borrowed into Ottoman Turkish was greengrocer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑkːɑɫ/
Audio (file)

Noun

bakkal (definite accusative bakkalı, plural bakkallar)

Declension

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Descendants

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→ Polish: bakalie
→ Russian: бакале́я (bakaléja)
→ Yiddish: באַקאַליי‎ (bakaley)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bakkal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بقال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 373

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