customs (an authority responsible for controlling the flow of goods to and from a country) · customs office
çekim: çoğul douanes
köken: Attested in Old French in 1281 as dohanne with the meaning “building where the rights of entry and exit of goods are earned” (Angevin Archives of Naples). In 1441 in the Middle French form doana (“rights of entry and exit of goods”). Borrowed from Sicilian Medieval Latin doana, dovana (attested from the end of the 12th century), whence the modern Italian dogana, borrowed from the Andalusian…
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic الديوان (ad-dīwān, “the administrative office”), from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān, “administrative office”), from Persian دیوان (dêvân), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).
aile: aduanal, aduanero, despachante de aduana, repertorio de aduanas
köken: Borrowed from French douane, from Middle French doane, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin doana, dovana, from Andalusian Arabic *دُوَان (*duwān), from earlier Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), from Persian دیوان (divân, “customs, divan”).
customs (the government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods) · customs, custom house (official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit) · duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports)