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دکون

/ dokun /
interjection  ·  "shop" → place / situation / vibe

Meaning

معنی
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The word is anti-corporate by structure. It refuses to dignify a job as a job or a relationship as a relationship. Everything is a small shop with a slightly tilted sign. The speaker who uses dokon a lot is signaling: I see through this. Diaspora Iranians sometimes overuse it because it sounds gritty; Tehran natives drop it when the situation actually deserves the word. Common in rap lyrics from Iranian artists who want a working-class register without sentimentality.

In a sentence

مثال
چه دکونی داری
che dokuni dâri
what's your scene, what are you running
دکونمو جمع کردم
dokun-am-o jam' kardam
I packed up shop, I'm done
این دکون نمی‌چرخه
in dokun nemi-charkhe
this shop doesn't turn, this thing doesn't work
دکون رو پاش وایستاده
dokun ru pâsh vâystâde
the shop's standing on its feet, the operation is functional

In its constellation

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See it in the whole constellation →
دکونdokun
فلانfelânداغونdâqunخفنkhafanسوتیsuti
دکونdokun
keeps company with ۴ words