مخزن

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store”), from the root خ ز ن (ḵ-z-n). Compare Hebrew מחסן.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /max.zan/

Noun

مَخْزَن • (maḵzan) m (plural مَخَازِن (maḵāzin))

  1. storeroom, storehouse
  2. depository
  3. stockroom, storage room
  4. depot, warehouse
  5. store, shop, department store
    • الْمَخْزَن (al-maḵzan, “makhzen, the Moroccan government”)
    • مَخْزَن الْعَفْش (maḵzan al-ʕafš, “trunk (boot) of an automobile”)
    • مَخْزَن أَدْوَيَّة (maḵzan ʔadwayya, “drugstore (chemist’s)”)

Declension
Declension of noun مَخْزَن (maḵzan)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَخْزَن
maḵzan		 الْمَخْزَن
al-maḵzan		 مَخْزَن
maḵzan
Nominative مَخْزَنٌ
maḵzanun		 الْمَخْزَنُ
al-maḵzanu		 مَخْزَنُ
maḵzanu
Accusative مَخْزَنًا
maḵzanan		 الْمَخْزَنَ
al-maḵzana		 مَخْزَنَ
maḵzana
Genitive مَخْزَنٍ
maḵzanin		 الْمَخْزَنِ
al-maḵzani		 مَخْزَنِ
maḵzani
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَخْزَنَيْن
maḵzanayn		 الْمَخْزَنَيْن
al-maḵzanayn		 مَخْزَنَيْ
maḵzanay
Nominative مَخْزَنَانِ
maḵzanāni		 الْمَخْزَنَانِ
al-maḵzanāni		 مَخْزَنَا
maḵzanā
Accusative مَخْزَنَيْنِ
maḵzanayni		 الْمَخْزَنَيْنِ
al-maḵzanayni		 مَخْزَنَيْ
maḵzanay
Genitive مَخْزَنَيْنِ
maḵzanayni		 الْمَخْزَنَيْنِ
al-maḵzanayni		 مَخْزَنَيْ
maḵzanay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَخَازِن
maḵāzin		 الْمَخَازِن
al-maḵāzin		 مَخَازِن
maḵāzin
Nominative مَخَازِنُ
maḵāzinu		 الْمَخَازِنُ
al-maḵāzinu		 مَخَازِنُ
maḵāzinu
Accusative مَخَازِنَ
maḵāzina		 الْمَخَازِنَ
al-maḵāzina		 مَخَازِنَ
maḵāzina
Genitive مَخَازِنَ
maḵāzina		 الْمَخَازِنِ
al-maḵāzini		 مَخَازِنِ
maḵāzini

Descendants
  • Andalusian Arabic: مَخْزَن (maḵzan, al-maḵzan), مَخَازِن (maḵāzin, plural)
  • Maltese: maħżen
  • → Italian: magazzino (via plural form مَخَازِن (maḵāzin)) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Turkish: mahzen

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storehouse, depot, warehouse”). Doublet of مغازه (mağaza, “store room”).

Noun

مخزن • (mahzen) (plural مخازن (mahazin))

  1. storehouse, magazine, a building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions
    Synonym: انبار (anbar)
  2. (agriculture) granary, a storage facility for grain or, sometimes, animal feed
    Synonym: انبار (anbar)

Derived terms
  • باروت مخزنی (barut mahzeni, “gunpowder magazine”)
  • بوغدای مخزنی (buğday mahzeni, “granary”)
  • قورشونلو مخزن (kurşunlu mahzen, “name of a warehouse in Galata”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: mahzen
  • → Armenian: մախսէն (maxsēn), մախսան (maxsan)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مخزن (maxzan), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَخْزَن • (maxzan) m (Hindi spelling मख़ज़न)

  1. a repository
  2. warehouse; granary; armoury
  3. a thesaurus
  4. a periodical; magazine
  5. stomach (the crop of a bird)

Declension
Declension of مخزن
singular plural
direct مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَن (maxzan)
oblique مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَنوں (maxzanō̃)
vocative مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَنو (maxzanō)

Further reading
  • “مخزن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مخزن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مخزن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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