خزانة

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Arabic

خِزَانَة مَلَابِس
Root
خ ز ن (ḵ z n)
7 terms
خِزانة

Pronunciation

  • (depository): IPA(key): /xi.zaː.na/
  • (store): IPA(key): /xaz.zaː.na/

Noun

خِزَانَة (ḵizānaf (plural خِزَانَات (ḵizānāt) or خَزَائِن (ḵazāʔin))

  1. an enclosed storage serving as furniture, depository: cupboard, wardrobe; closet; safe, coffer, vault; a niche in a wall, a glove box in a car and a safe-deposit box in a bank.
  2. (Yemen) cannon, weaponry

Declension

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: خِزَانَه (xizāna) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khalaj: xazâna

Noun

خَزّانَة (ḵazzānaf (plural خَزَّانَات (ḵazzānāt))

  1. (rare, Yemen) shop, store, alternative form of مَخْزَن (maḵzan)

Declension

References

  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1276
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خزن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “خزانة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 248

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ز ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خِزانَة (ḵizāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.zaː.ne/,
  • IPA(key): /xa.zaː.na/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

خزانة (ḵazānef (plural خزاين (ḵazāyen))

  1. cupboard
  2. closet, wardrobe
  3. safe, coffer