दुकान (dukaan)

noun A single everyday sense: a shop or store. Straightforward, high-frequency noun with no meaningful sense-split.
Sense 1 : shop, store
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Every neighborhood in Delhi-NCR has its किराने की दुकान (kiraane kii dukaan, 'grocery shop') on the corner, run by a known दुकानदार (dukaandaar, 'shopkeeper') who probably knows your family's tab by heart. Notice how दुकान (dukaan) combines with other nouns plus की/का (kii/kaa) to name specific shop types -- मिठाई की दुकान (mithaaii kii dukaan, 'sweet shop'), कपड़े की दुकान (kapde kii dukaan, 'clothes shop') -- a very productive pattern worth getting comfortable with early.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes say घर जाना (ghar jaanaa) instead of दुकान पर जाना (dukaan par jaanaa, 'to go to the shop') -- दुकान (dukaan) almost always takes पर (par) rather than में (men) when talking about going to or being at a shop, since पर (par) frames it as a location you visit for a purpose, not a container you enter. 2) The plural दुकानें (dukaanen) is easy to miss for learners still getting used to feminine plural endings -- it is not दुकाने (dukaane).
Sample Sentences:
यह मेरी दुकान है। This is my shop.
(yah merii dukaan hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह हर रोज़ सुबह अपनी दुकान खोलता है। He opens his shop every morning.
(vah har roz subah apnii dukaan kholtaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कोने वाली किराने की दुकान बहुत पुरानी है। The grocery shop on the corner is very old.
(kone vaalii kiraane kii dukaan bahut puraanii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हम मिठाई की दुकान से लड्डू लाए थे। We had brought laddus from the sweet shop.
(ham mithaaii kii dukaan se laddoo laae the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
दुकान बंद करो, अब देर हो गई है। Close the shop, it's gotten late now.
(dukaan band karo, ab der ho gaii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर मेरे पास पैसे होते तो मैं यह दुकान खरीद लेता। If I had the money, I would have bought this shop.
(agar mere paas paise hote to main yah dukaan khariid letaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
कल यह दुकान बंद रहेगी। This shop will remain closed tomorrow.
(kal yah dukaan band rahegii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
यह दुकान नगर निगम के आदेश से बंद कर दी गई। This shop was shut down on the municipal corporation's orders.
(yah dukaan nagar nigam ke aadesh se band kar dii gaii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
शायद वह अपनी दुकान बेच दे। Maybe he'll sell his shop.
(shaayad vah apnii dukaan bech de।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
कपड़े की दुकान पर आज बहुत भीड़ है। There's a huge crowd at the clothes shop today.
(kapde kii dukaan par aaj bahut bhiid hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
दुकानदार अपनी दुकान में बैठा है। The shopkeeper is sitting in his shop.
(dukaandaar apnii dukaan men baithaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): दुकान (dukaan)
(sg.f.oblique): दुकान (dukaan)
(pl.f.direct): दुकानें (dukaanen)
(pl.f.oblique): दुकानों (dukaanon)