bakkal

== English == (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === 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 Turkish bakkal. === Noun === bakkal m 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/ === Noun === bakkal (definite accusative bakkalı, plural bakkallar) grocery grocer ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ladino: bakkal → 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[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 373