fonduk

noun

fon·​duk

variants or fondouk or funduck

ˈfän(ˌ)dək,

ˈfən-,

-ˌdu̇k,

-ˌdük

plural -s

1

: a business establishment or commercial warehouse in northern Africa

2

: an inn or hotel in northern Africa

Word History

Etymology

Arabic funduq, from Greek pandokeion, pandocheion inn, from pandokos all-receiving, common to all, from pan- + -dokos (from dekesthai, dechesthai to accept, receive, welcome); akin to Greek dokein to seem good, seem, think

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