English
Etymology
Arabic unicode|��د� unicode|fun'dūq
Pronunciation
funduuk or fonduq
Noun
fonduk
- a North African or an Arabian inn or hotel. Fonduk basically means a hotel in Arabic but in standard Arabic it means an inn or a manor house. The word entered the English dictionary during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Alternative spellings
fonduck
fondaco
fonduq
funduq
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