"आमिर दुकान पर है।"

Translation: Aamir is at the shop.

[heidi334379]

English translation - Aamir is in the shop , is also correct

[Alokshriva13]

Aamir Dukan par hai!!! Hahahaha so funny!!!

[hsadak]

Why is it 'par' instead of 'mein'?

[zeebo7]

पर can mean 'on' or 'at' depending on the location (fun fact: it can also be used to mean 'but'). Like in English when to use पर and when to use में is a little nuanced, so you just have to memorize these things.

[OJFord]

'Used to mean'? As in that's not a different word that happens to have the same spelling?

[OJFord]

I've no idea why this was so down-voted, it was just a question!

So anyway, I've just looked into it, and yes, they are different words, as in they have different etymologies, it's not just two different uses of the same word.

Meaning on/at comes from Sanskrit उपरि (above) via Sauraseni Prakrit.

Meaning but/however comes from Sanskrit पर (distant/further), through its oblique परम (after/but) again via SP.

For completeness, पर is also borrowed directly from Sanskrit for the (distant/further/remote) meaning; and fourthly and finally, the meaning feather/wing/quill is borrowed from Persian.

[ErfanRezamand]

दुकान dukan is a Persian loanword

[charlesthegualle]

Yes, but in English it's more common to say 'the shops' not 'the shop.'