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)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مخزن (mahzen)

    See also

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    مخزن • (mahzen) (definite accusative مخزنی (mahzeni), plural مخازن (mahâzin))

    1. storehouse, magazine, a building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions
      Synonym: انبار (anbar)
    2. (agriculture) granary, garner, 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

    Persian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan). Doublet of مغازه (maġâze).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? maxzan
    Dari reading? maxzan
    Iranian reading? maxzan
    Tajik reading? maxzan

    Noun

    مخزن • (maxzan) (plural مخزن‌ها (maxzan-hā / maxzan-hâ), or مخازن (maxâzen), Tajik spelling махзан)

    1. storehouse, warehouse, repository
      • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 187:
        زر نه مخزن افلاک همه داغ غمست
        قصر زر با دگران دیر مغان ما را بس
        zar na maxzan-i aflāk hama dāġ-i ġam ast
        qasr-i zar bā digarān dayr-i muġān mā rā bas
        All the treasury of the heavens is the scar of grief, not gold;
        The palace of gold for the others! The convent of the Magians is enough for me.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)

    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 (maxzanõ)
    vocative مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَنو (maxzano)

    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, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مخزن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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