Also 8 funduck, 9 fondak. See also FONDACO. [Arab. funduq an inn, ad. Gr. πάνδοκος, πανδοκεύς innkeeper (whence πανδοκεῖον inn).] In North Africa; A hotel, an inn.
1704. J. Pitts, Acc. Mohammetans, 157. A little before I went to Mecca, being newly come to this my last Patroon, we lived in a Court, or Funduck, as they term it, where lived none but Batchelors, and every one had his Slave to do the like Service with him, as I did with my Patroon.
1883. Academy, XXIII. 20 Jan., 44/2. We drove from Tunis to Susa, spending a night on the way at the fonduk of Bir el-Bitah.
1891. Hall Caine, Scapegoat, xx. Midway between the village of Semsa and the fondak which lies on the road to Tangier.
