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))
- storeroom, storehouse
- depository
- stockroom, storage room
- depot, warehouse
- 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
| 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)
- → Turkish: mahzen
See also
- خَزَنَ (ḵazana)
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))
- storehouse, magazine, a building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions
- Synonym: انبار (anbar)
- (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
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “مخزن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 744
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahzen2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3023
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mahzen”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 683
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مخزن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1136
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Horreum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 706
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مخزن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 4484
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahzen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخزن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1777
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan). Doublet of مغازه (maġâze).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /max.ˈzan/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäx.zǽn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæx.zǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäχ.zǽn]
| 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)
- 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.
- zar na maxzan-i aflāk hama dāġ-i ġam ast
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مخزن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مخزن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مخزن (maxzan), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məx.zən/
- Rhymes: -ən
- Hyphenation: مَخ‧زَن
Noun
مَخْزَن • (maxzan) m (Hindi spelling मख़ज़न)
- a repository
- warehouse; granary; armoury
- a thesaurus
- a periodical; magazine
- stomach (the crop of a bird)
Declension
| 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.