kiosk

Meaning

Noun

• A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
• A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc.
• A public telephone booth.
• A Turkish garden pavilion.

Origin

• Earlier kiosque, from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك, from Persian کوشک ("palace, portico"), from Middle Persian kwšk'.