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Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. storeroom, storehouse
  2. depository
  3. stockroom, storage room
  4. depot, warehouse
  5. store, shop, department store

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

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

Descendants

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 , 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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